The world continues to face unprecedented psycho-social challenges after the COVID-19
pandemic. Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD) is a young psychiatric condition describing grief …

In this issue of the International Journal of Mental Health, Jegede et al.(2021) found that
28% of individuals with a mental disorder who were hospitalized for the 2019 Coronavirus …

Prolonged grief disorder (PGD), a new diagnosis in some classification systems, has gained
prominence due to the high mortality rates observed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Herein …

A large number of people have lost a loved one due to COVID-19, or have been bereaved
through other causes than COVID-19. Considering the circumstances of many COVID-19 …

The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic are undeniably severe. As of the 18th of April
2020, there are nearly 2.2 million confirmed cases and more than 146,000 deaths of …

Background Deaths by COVID-19 have left behind nearly 12 million recent bereaved
individuals worldwide and researchers have raised concerns that the circumstances of …

Grief is a universal phenomenon and a normal response to loss and bereavement. 2 It is
temporally preceded by a loss ranging from personal to societal. Grief reactions range from …

This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of prolonged grief (PG) during the COVID-19
pandemic and to analyze associated variables. 142 family members of patients who died …

Background: A significant increase in the number of individuals suffering from prolonged
grief disorder is expected in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic for two main reasons …

ObjectivesThis study evaluated whether COVID-19-specific risk factors (eg, feeling guilty for
not being present with the deceased at the time of the loss and feeling emotionally distant …