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Update on bereavement research: evidence-based guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of complicated bereavementBaohui Zhang
Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Psycho-oncology and Palliative Care Research, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Palliat Med 9:1188-203. 2006....- An empirical examination of the stage theory of griefPaul K Maciejewski
Department of Psychiatry, Women s Health Research, and Magnetic Resonance Research Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn
JAMA 297:716-23. 2007..Nevertheless, the stage theory of grief has previously not been tested empirically... 
Associations between end-of-life discussions, patient mental health, medical care near death, and caregiver bereavement adjustmentAlexi A Wright
Department of Medical Oncology and Center for Psycho Oncology and Palliative Care Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 550 Shields Warren, 44 Binney St, Boston, MA 02115, USA
JAMA 300:1665-73. 2008..Talking about death can be difficult. Without evidence that end-of-life discussions improve patient outcomes, physicians must balance their desire to honor patient autonomy against a concern of inflicting psychological harm...- Older adult patients with both psychiatric and substance abuse disorders: prevalence and health service useH G Prigerson
Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, Northeast Program Evaluation Center, West Haven, CT, USA
Psychiatr Q 72:1-18. 2001.... - The Stressful Caregiving Adult Reactions to Experiences of Dying (SCARED) Scale: a measure for assessing caregiver exposure to distress in terminal careHolly G Prigerson
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 11:309-19. 2003.... - Suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in homeless mentally ill persons: age-specific risks of substance abuseHolly G Prigerson
VISN 1 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Medical Center 182, West Haven, CT, USA
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 38:213-9. 2003.... - Rates and risks of complicated grief among psychiatric clinic patients in Karachi, PakistanHolly Prigerson
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death Stud 26:781-92. 2002..quot; Thirty-four percent of the sample met criteria for CG. Although violent deaths did not pose a heightened CG risk, gender and kinship to the deceased did significantly increase the likelihood of meeting of criteria for CG... - Population attributable fractions of psychiatric disorders and behavioral outcomes associated with combat exposure among US menHolly G Prigerson
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, West Haven, CT, USA
Am J Public Health 92:59-63. 2002..This study determined the percentage of adverse outcomes in US men attributable to combat exposure... - Perspectives on care at the close of life. Caring for bereaved patients: "all the doctors just suddenly go"H G Prigerson
Department of Psychiatry, Connecticut Mental Health Center, 34 Park St, Room 522, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
JAMA 286:1369-76. 2001.... - The effects of marital dissolution and marital quality on health and health service use among womenH G Prigerson
Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, West Haven, CT, USA
Med Care 37:858-73. 1999..Little is known about the impact of marital dissolution and/or marital harmony on health service use... - Preliminary explorations of the harmful interactive effects of widowhood and marital harmony on health, health service use, and health care costsH G Prigerson
Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven 06519, USA
Gerontologist 40:349-57. 2000..Harmonious marriages appear protective until widowhood, after which higher health costs result... - Consensus criteria for traumatic grief. A preliminary empirical testH G Prigerson
Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
Br J Psychiatry 174:67-73. 1999..Studies suggest that symptoms of traumatic grief constitute a distinct syndrome worthy of diagnosis... - Influence of traumatic grief on suicidal ideation among young adultsH G Prigerson
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn, USA
Am J Psychiatry 156:1994-5. 1999..The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of traumatic grief on suicidal ideation... - Traumatic grief as a risk factor for mental and physical morbidityH G Prigerson
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, PA 15213, USA
Am J Psychiatry 154:616-23. 1997..The aim of this study was to confirm and extend the authors' previous work indicating that symptoms of traumatic grief are predictors of future physical and mental health outcomes... - Complicated grief as a disorder distinct from bereavement-related depression and anxiety: a replication studyH G Prigerson
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA, USA
Am J Psychiatry 153:1484-6. 1996..This study sought to confirm in an independent, nonclinical study group previous work which demonstrated that the symptoms of complicated grief were distinct from the symptoms of bereavement related depression and anxiety... - Combat trauma: trauma with highest risk of delayed onset and unresolved posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, unemployment, and abuse among menH G Prigerson
VISN 1 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 189:99-108. 2001.... - Preliminary explorations of the effects of prior trauma and loss on risk for psychiatric disorders in recently widowed peopleG K Silverman
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci 38:202-15. 2001..This study compared the relative influence of childhood and adulthood adversities on current diagnoses of Major Depressive Episode (MDE), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Grief (TG) among recently widowed older adults... - Sex differences in event-related risk for major depressionP K Maciejewski
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
Psychol Med 31:593-604. 2001..CONCLUSION: Stressful life events overall, with some exceptions among specific event types, pose a greater risk for depression among women compared to men... - Differences in risk factors for suicidality between African American and White patients vulnerable to suicideLauren C Vanderwerker
Center for Psycho Oncology and Palliative Care Research at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, MA 02115, USA
Suicide Life Threat Behav 37:1-9. 2007..The results suggest that race/ethnicity-specific risk profiles may improve the detection of suicidality in vulnerable populations... - Bereavement services for family caregivers: how often used, why, and why notEmily J Cherlin
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale School of Medicine, 60 College Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
J Palliat Med 10:148-58. 2007..We examined family caregiver reports about how often they used bereavement services, predictors of their use, and reported reasons for not using bereavement services... - Religiousness and spiritual support among advanced cancer patients and associations with end-of-life treatment preferences and quality of lifeTracy A Balboni
Harvard Radiation Oncology Program, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
J Clin Oncol 25:555-60. 2007..This study examined religiousness and spiritual support in advanced cancer patients of diverse racial/ethnic backgrounds and associations with quality of life (QOL), treatment preferences, and advance care planning... - Peaceful awareness in patients with advanced cancerAlaka Ray
Center for Psychooncology and Palliative Care Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Palliat Med 9:1359-68. 2006..Previous studies have shown that prognostic awareness may be harmful to mental health yet beneficial for end of life care planning. The effects of prognostic awareness coupled with a sense of inner peace are unknown... - Religiousness and major depression among bereaved family caregivers: a 13-month follow-up studyJ B Fenix
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
J Palliat Care 22:286-92. 2006..Collaboration with religious support groups or community groups during bereavement could offer an effective mechanism for speeding the process of recovery for some caregivers... - Parental control, partner dependency, and complicated grief among widowed adults in the communityJeffrey G Johnson
Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, and the New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York, and Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 195:26-30. 2007..Dependency on the deceased spouse mediated the association of perceived parental control with the development of complicated grief following bereavement... - Spousal bereavement in older adults: common, resilient, and chronic grief with defining characteristicsCarol H Ott
College of Nursing, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, 53201 0413, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 195:332-41. 2007..One out of six experienced a chronic grief syndrome. Early identification of this syndrome can lead to referral to newly emergent treatments specific for grief... - Adverse childhood experiences, smoking and mental illness in adulthood: a preliminary studyKristi A Sacco
Program for Research in Smokers with Mental Illness PRISM, Connecticut Mental Health Center, Division of Substance Abuse, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06519, USA
Ann Clin Psychiatry 19:89-97. 2007..This study was designed to examine effects of ACE on the expression of smoking behavior and mental illness in adulthood... - The influence of symptoms of prolonged grief disorder, depression, and anxiety on quality of life among bereaved adults: a prospective studyPaul A Boelen
Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Utrecht University, P O Box 80140, 3508, TC Utrecht, The Netherlands
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 257:444-52. 2007..This study sought to replicate these findings using a prospective design, a heterogeneous sample of mourners, and the most recent criteria to define PGD... - Racial and ethnic differences in advance care planning among patients with cancer: impact of terminal illness acknowledgment, religiousness, and treatment preferencesAlexander K Smith
Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 1309 Beacon St, Brookline, MA 02446, USA
J Clin Oncol 26:4131-7. 2008..Despite well-documented racial and ethnic differences in advance care planning (ACP), we know little about why these differences exist. This study tested proposed mediators of racial/ethnic differences in ACP... 
Psychiatric illness in the next of kin of patients who die in the intensive care unitMark D Siegel
Yale University School of Medicine, and Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, USA
Crit Care Med 36:1722-8. 2008..To determine the rates of psychiatric illness in next of kin following the death of a relative in a medical intensive care unit...- Peace, Equanimity, and Acceptance in the Cancer Experience (PEACE): validation of a scale to assess acceptance and struggle with terminal illnessJennifer W Mack
Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Cancer 112:2509-17. 2008..The role of emotional acceptance of a terminal illness in end-of-life (EOL) care is not known. The authors developed a measure of peaceful acceptance at the EOL, and evaluated the role of peaceful acceptance in EOL decision-making and care... - Investigation of a developmental model of risk for depression and suicidality following spousal bereavementJeffrey G Johnson
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
Suicide Life Threat Behav 38:1-12. 2008..Depressive symptoms mediated significant associations of dependency on the deceased spouse and low self-esteem with suicidal ideation and behavior... - Depressive symptom trajectories and associated risks among bereaved Alzheimer disease caregiversBaohui Zhang
Center for Psycho Oncology and Palliative Care Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 16:145-55. 2008..The present study sought to determine if subgroups of bereaved AD caregivers follow distinctive depressive symptom trajectories and the characteristics associated with membership in depressive symptom subgroups... - Associations between caregiver-perceived delirium in patients with cancer and generalized anxiety in their caregiversMary K Buss
Center for Psycho Oncology and Palliative Care Research, Division of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Palliat Med 10:1083-92. 2007..We looked for a relationship between caregiver-perceived delirium in a patient with advanced cancer and rates of caregiver psychiatric disorders... - Assessing grief and bereavement: observations from the fieldMarion J Michalski
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Omega (Westport) 54:91-106. 2006..Also, developed here is the implication for potential application of a modified version of the YBS which could be used in both research and clinical practice... - Preparing caregivers for the death of a loved one: a theoretical framework and suggestions for future researchRandy S Hebert
Division of General Internal Medicine, Section of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
J Palliat Med 9:1164-71. 2006.... - Better bereavement: coping with the death of a spouseHolly G Prigerson
Health News 8:5. 2002 - A case for establishing complicated grief as a distinct mental disorder in DSM-VWendy G Lichtenthal
Department of Psychology, 3720 Walnut Street, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Clin Psychol Rev 24:637-62. 2004..This paper concludes that CG must be established in the current nosology to address the needs of individuals who are significantly suffering and impaired by this disorder... - Complicated grief in survivors of suicideAnn M Mitchell
Health and Community Systems Department, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Crisis 25:12-8. 2004..The closely related survivors of suicide had higher levels of complicated grief and could be at risk of developing physical and/or mental health problems, including suicidal ideation, in the future... - Investigating moderator hypotheses in aging research: statistical, methodological, and conceptual difficulties with comparing separate regressionsJason T Newsom
Institute on Aging, Portland State University, OR 97207 0751, USA
Int J Aging Hum Dev 57:119-50. 2003..These results clearly illustrate that the analysis strategy researchers choose may have important bearing on theory in aging research such as conclusions regarding the role of social support across the life span... - Costs to society of family caregiving for patients with end-stage Alzheimer's diseaseHolly G Prigerson
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, Conn, USA
N Engl J Med 349:1891-2. 2003 - In search of a good death: A good death is an oxymoron without consideration of mental healthHolly G Prigerson
BMJ 327:222. 2003 - Perspectives on preparedness for a death among bereaved personsLisa C Barry
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, USA
Conn Med 66:691-6. 2002.... - Religious coping, health, and health service use among bereaved adultsMichelle J Pearce
Yale University, Department of Psychology, New Haven, CT 06520 8205, USA
Int J Psychiatry Med 32:179-99. 2002..This report examined associations between religious coping, health, and health service use among a sample of 265 recently bereaved adults... - Psychiatric disorders among bereaved persons: the role of perceived circumstances of death and preparedness for deathLisa C Barry
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 10:447-57. 2002..Further studies are needed to confirm these findings... - Suicidality and bereavement: complicated grief as psychiatric disorder presenting greatest risk for suicidalityAmy E Latham
The Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, CT, USA
Suicide Life Threat Behav 34:350-62. 2004.... - Health behaviors associated with better quality of life for older bereaved personsJoyce H Chen
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
J Palliat Med 8:96-106. 2005..001), and greater energy (p < .01). CONCLUSIONS: Should future research confirm these results, clinicians would be advised to recommend the identified preventive and protective health behaviors to recently bereaved older patients... - Religious coping among caregivers of terminally ill cancer patients: main effects and psychosocial mediatorsMichelle J Pearce
Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
J Health Psychol 11:743-59. 2006..In a number of models, negative religious coping was related to outcomes through its relationship with social support, optimism and self-efficacy. Implications for research and healthcare are discussed... - Mutuality and specificity of mental disorders in advanced cancer patients and caregiversKara Zivin Bambauer
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, 133 Brookline Ave, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 41:819-24. 2006..We sought to determine mutuality and specificity in rates of mental disorders between advanced cancer patients and their caregivers... - Religious coping is associated with the quality of life of patients with advanced cancerNalini Tarakeshwar
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
J Palliat Med 9:646-57. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Findings show that religious coping plays an important role for the QOL of patients and the types of religious coping strategies used are related to better or poorer QOL... - An exploration of associations between separation anxiety in childhood and complicated grief in later lifeLauren C Vanderwerker
Center for Psycho-Oncology and Palliative Care Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 022115, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 194:121-3. 2006..CSA was not significantly associated with major depressive disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, or generalized anxiety disorder... - Communication between physicians and family caregivers about care at the end of life: when do discussions occur and what is said?Emily Cherlin
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 8034, USA
J Palliat Med 8:1176-85. 2005..We examined family caregiver reports of physician communication about incurable illness, life expectancy, and hospice; the timing of these discussions; and subsequent family understanding of these issues... - Psychiatric disorders and mental health service use in patients with advanced cancer: a report from the coping with cancer studyNina S Kadan-Lottick
Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
Cancer 104:2872-81. 2005..This study aimed to: 1) determine the prevalence of diagnosable psychiatric illnesses, and 2) describe the mental health services received and predictors of service utilization in patients with advanced cancer... - Complicated grief and suicidal ideation in adult survivors of suicideAnn M Mitchell
Nursing and Psychiatry in the Health and Community Systems Department at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, PA 15261, USA
Suicide Life Threat Behav 35:498-506. 2005..Clinicians may provide more comprehensive assessments by recognizing the possibility of suicidal ideation in those with complicated grief... - Psychiatric disorders and mental health service use among caregivers of advanced cancer patientsLauren C Vanderwerker
Center for Psycho-Oncology and Palliative Care Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Clin Oncol 23:6899-907. 2005..Discussing mental health issues positively influences the receipt of mental health services and should be actively pursued in this vulnerable population... - Depression after diagnosis of advanced non-small cell lung cancer and survival: a pilot studyWilliam F Pirl
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Psychosomatics 49:218-24. 2008..Major depressive disorder is estimated to occur in 10%-25% of people with cancer, and it has been inconsistently linked to increased mortality... - The validity and reliability of scales for the evaluation of end-of-life care in advanced dementiaDan K Kiely
Hebrew SeniorLife Institute for Aging Research, Boston, MA, USA
Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 20:176-81. 2006..81). The results of this study demonstrate that the 3 EOLD scales demonstrate "internal consistency" reliability and demonstrate convergent validity, and further establish their utility in palliative care dementia research...