Complicated Grief during COVID-19: An International Perspective

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Result on the web

<a href="https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/10.1027/2157-3891/a000055" target="_blank" >https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/10.1027/2157-3891/a000055</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/2157-3891/a000055" target="_blank" >10.1027/2157-3891/a000055</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Complicated Grief during COVID-19: An International Perspective

Original language description

Cultures across the globe have evolved time-tested rituals to honor those who die and offer solace and support to survivors with the goal of helping them to accept the reality of the death, cope with the feelings of loss, adjust to life without the deceased, and find ways to maintain a connection to the memory of the deceased. The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted these rituals and brought significant changes to the way we mourn. Specifically, public health responses to COVID-19 such as social distancing or isolation, delays or cancellations of traditional religious and cultural rituals, and shifts from in-person to online ceremonies have disrupted rituals and thus made it more difficult to access support and complete the psychological tasks typically associated with bereavement. This paper conceptualizes the common bereavement tasks including emotion-focused coping, maintaining a connection to the deceased, disengagement and reframing death and loss, and problem-focused coping. It provides examples of how the COVID-19 pandemic has altered mourning rituals across several cultures and religions and contributed to prolonged grief disorder as defined by the ICD-11 that includes depressive symptoms and post-traumatic stress. Early evidence suggested that the suddenness of loss, the social isolation, and the lack of social support often associated with COVID-19-related death are salient risk factors for complicated grief. As a consequence, psychological assessments, grief counseling, and mental health support are needed by families of patients who died from COVID-19. These services must be essential components of any comprehensive public health response to the pandemic.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)

Project

<a href="/en/project/LX22NPO5101" target="_blank" >LX22NPO5101: The National Institute for Research on the Socioeconomic Impact of Diseases and Systemic Risks</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

International Perspectives in Psychology

ISSN

2157-3883

e-ISSN

2157-3891

Volume of the periodical

11

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

214-221

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85135030797