Loss and grief amidst COVID-19: A path to adaptation and resilience

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 87, Issue , 2020, Pages 80-81

  Zhai, Yusen ^a   Du, Xue ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

COVID 19; Loss adaptation; Loss and grief; Mental and physical health; prolonged grief disorder (PGD)

Indexed keywords

BEREAVEMENT; COGNITION; COMPLICATED GRIEF; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; DISENFRANCHISED GRIEF; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY LOSS; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY SEPARATION; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; GRIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTIMACY; LETTER; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MORTALITY RATE; PANDEMIC; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING; QUARANTINE; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BEREAVEMENT; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISENFRANCHISED GRIEF; GRIEF; HUMANS; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85084198539     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2020.04.053     Document Type: Letter

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