Open AccessPre-loss personal factors and prolonged grief disorder in bereaved mothers
Author(s) -
Richard D. Goldstein,
Carter R. Petty,
Sue Morris,
Melanie Human,
Hein J. Odendaal,
Amy J. Elliott,
Deb Tobacco,
Jyoti Angal,
Lucy Brink,
Hannah C. Kinney,
Holly G. Prigerson
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.857
H-Index - 209
eISSN - 1469-8978
pISSN - 0033-2917
DOI - 10.1017/s0033291718003264
Subject(s) - medicine , grief , psychosocial , etiology , anxiety , risk factor , pediatrics , depression (economics) , obstetrics , psychiatry , economics , macroeconomics
Identifying characteristics of individuals at greatest risk for prolonged grief disorder (PGD) can improve its detection and elucidate the etiology of the disorder. The Safe Passage Study, a study of women at high risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), prospectively examined the psychosocial functioning of women while monitoring their healthy pregnancies. Mothers whose infants died of SIDS were followed in bereavement.