The influence of symptoms of prolonged grief disorder, depression, and anxiety on quality of life among bereaved adults: A prospective study

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Research has shown that symptoms of Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD, formerly called Complicated Grief) are distinct from those of depression and anxiety, and have incremental validity in that they predict impairments in functioning, independent of depression and anxiety. This study sought to replicate these findings using a prospective design, a heterogeneous sample of mourners, and the most recent criteria to define PGD.
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Predicting PTSD Prospectively Based on Prior Trauma History and Immediate Biological Responses

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Effects of Brief Eclectic Psychotherapy in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder : Randomized clinical trial

Brief Eclectic Psychotherapy (BEP) is a manualized psychotherapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) which has proven effective for police officers. This article reports on a randomized clinical trial using BEP to treat other types of PTSD patients recruited from an outpatient clinic. Twenty-four patients were randomly assigned to a treatment or a waitlist group. Assessment of PTSD was made before and after the treatment period (4 months). No significant differences between the groups were observed at pretest.

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False and Recovered Memories in the Laboratory and Clinic: A Review of Experimental and Clinical Evidence

We review the clinical and laboratory evidence for recovered and false memories. Available data suggest that, at least under certain circumstances, both false and recovered memories may occur. We suggest that the critical questions are: (a) how common is each type of memory phenomenon, (b) what factors lead to the occurrence of each (including under what conditions are each possible and/or likely to occur), and perhaps most importantly, (c) can these two types of memories be distinguished from each other?

 

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Supercyclone in Orissa : an assessment of psychological status of survivors.

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Traumatic events and physical health in a New Zealand community sample

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Civilian-based posttraumatic stress disorder and physical complaints: evaluation of depression as a mediator.

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Age-period-cohort effects on inequalities in psychological distress, 1981-2000.

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In the closing decades of the twentieth century, changes in population sociodemographics took place that might be thought to have an adverse influence on the nation's psychological distress. Here, we examine the stability of social and gender inequalities in psychological distress throughout the 1980s and 1990s.

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A hazardous profession : war, journalists, and psychopathology.

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War journalists often confront situations of extreme danger in their work. Despite this, information on their psychological well-being is lacking.

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Risk factors for depression in the survivors of the 1988 earthquake in Armenia.

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