Background Bereavement following disasters is a devastating experience for family
members. The aim of this study was to examine the long‐term mental health effects of losing …

Background: Few studies have explored the long‐term mental health consequences of
disaster losses in bereaved, either exposed to the disaster themselves or not. This study …

Fourteen months after the 2004 tsunami, mental health outcome was assessed in 187
bereaved relatives, 308 bereaved friends, and in 3,020 nonbereaved Swedish survivors. Of …

Background: Research on bereavement after terrorism is limited and primarily aiming on
short-term consequences. Objective: To better understand the long-term health …

Numerous studies on the mental health consequences of traumatic exposure to a disaster
compare those exposed to those not exposed. Relatively few focus on the effect of the death …

BackgroundTrauma and traumatic bereavement have well-known consequences for mental
health, but little is known about long-term adjustment, particularly with respect to health …

Objectives: Victims of major disasters are at risk for development of post‐traumatic stress
disorder (PTSD). The aim of this study was to compare two groups of bereaved relatives …

OBJECTIVE: We aimed to examine psychiatric morbidity and functional impairment after a
natural disaster. METHOD: Norwegian tourists who survived the 2004 tsunami in Khao Lak …

Background The study investigated the impact of psychiatric disorders on Quality of Life
(QOL) cross-sectionally and longitudinally in a group of Norwegian tourists severely …

Introduction: The loss of a loved one in a terror incident is associated with elevated risk for
mental health disorders such as prolonged grief disorder (PGD) and posttraumatic stress …