Parents bereaved by infant death: PTSD symptoms up to 18 years after the loss

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 605-611

  Christiansen, Dorte M ^a,b   Elklit, Ask ^b   Olff, Miranda ^c,d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d ARQ PSYCHOTRAUMA EXPERT GROUP   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attachment; Bereavement; Coping; Infant death; PTSD; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD DEATH; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOM;

ATTACHMENT; BEREAVEMENT; COPING; INFANT DEATH; PTSD; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; DEATH; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STILLBIRTH; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887072147     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2013.06.006     Document Type: Article

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