Prolonged grief disorder following the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology, University of Groningen, Grote Kruisstraat 2/1, 9712 TS Groningen, the Netherlands. Electronic address: m.c.eisma@rug.nl.
² Department of Clinical Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands; ARQ National Psychotrauma Centre, Diemen, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology, University of Groningen, Grote Kruisstraat 2/1, 9712 TS Groningen, the Netherlands; Department of Clinical Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Maarten C Eisma et al. Psychiatry Res. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun:288:113031.

doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113031. Epub 2020 Apr 22.

¹ Department of Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology, University of Groningen, Grote Kruisstraat 2/1, 9712 TS Groningen, the Netherlands. Electronic address: m.c.eisma@rug.nl.
² Department of Clinical Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands; ARQ National Psychotrauma Centre, Diemen, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology, University of Groningen, Grote Kruisstraat 2/1, 9712 TS Groningen, the Netherlands; Department of Clinical Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Abstract

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Prolonged grief disorder (PGD) cases will rise following the COVID-19 pandemic
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The pandemic shows similarities to natural disasters which increase PGD prevalence.
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The circumstances of death during the pandemic likely increase PGD prevalence.
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Evidence-based interventions for PGD should be made more accessible.
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Internet-based interventions for PGD should be further developed and disseminated.

Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare no conflicts of interests.

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