ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2021
It's Complicated-Adolescent Grief in the Time of Covid-19.
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- Differences in life projects among adolescents in situations of social vulnerability during the COVID-19 pandemic.Psicologia, reflexao e critica : revista semestral do Departamento de Psicologia da UFRGS · 2025Article
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- Meaning-Centred Coping Predicted Lower Depressive Symptoms among Caregivers with Complicated Grief.The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS · 2024Article
- Bereavement due to COVID-19 pandemic among school-going adolescents - A cross-sectional study in district Dehradun.Journal of education and health promotion · 2024Article
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- Who should support grieving children in school? Applying Winnicott's viewpoint to conceptualize the dyadic roles of teachers and school mental-health professionals in the context of pediatric grief.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- The Many Faces of Grief: A Systematic Literature Review of Grief During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Illness, crises, and loss · 2023Article
- Spatio-Temporal Clustering of Adolescent Bereavement in the United States During the Extended Response to COVID-19: A Follow-Up Study.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2023Article
- Parental perspectives on the grief and support needs of children and young people bereaved during the COVID-19 pandemic: qualitative findings from a national survey.BMC palliative care · 2022Article
- Adolescent Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review of the Impact of the Pandemic on Developmental Milestones.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- The Impact of COVID-19 on Young People's Mental Health in the UK: Key Insights from Social Media Using Online Ethnography.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- An Ethnography Study of a Viral YouTube Educational Video in Ecuador: Dealing With Death and Grief in Times of COVID-19.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
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Abstract
Presently, there is a real possibility of a second pandemic occurring: a grief pandemic. There are estimated to be over 1 million children and young people experiencing bereavement because of Covid-19. Adolescent grief is unique due to bio-psycho-social factors such as increased risk-taking, identity-formation, and limited capacity for emotional regulation. In this article, we will argue that adolescents are at increased risk of developing complicated grief during the Covid-19 pandemic, and that it is vital that services are improved to recognize and address this need before secondary problems emerge, including anxiety, depression, and substance abuse. Complicated grief in adolescents is widely underrecognized and often misdiagnosed as a range of mental health problems, addictions, and offending behavior. For example, 25% of <20 year olds who commit suicide have experienced childhood bereavement, whilst 41% of youth offenders have experienced childhood bereavement; this is in comparison with only 4% of the general population. Many of the broader risk factors for complicated grief were already increasing prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, including increased loneliness amongst young people, and the collapse of collective structures to help people manage grief. We propose that this pandemic could be a catalyst for mental health professionals to support and nurture the caring communities emerging in this time as an essential resource to prevent the onset of a grief pandemic.
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