Impact of Pregnancy Loss on Psychological Functioning and Grief Outcomes
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This article discusses the prevalence and timing of perinatal loss. The impact that perinatal grief has on psychological functioning is presented, including common grief reactions and the risk factors for complicated grief. The ways that perinatal grief is processed by each parent and the impact that it has on the relationships is also discussed. The role of the health care professional is outlined and the process for them to assist grieving parents is outlined in 5 steps. The screening process and treatment of grieving parents is also presented.
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Psychological screening 6 weeks after the postnatal period can detect early psychological disorders.
“While psychological screening 6 weeks after the postnatal period can detect early psychological disorders, 34”
From Desired Care for Perinatal Bereavement: Meeting the Needs of Mothers After Discharge From the Hospital—a Qualitative Study (2024) · cites this paper as [34]
Parents suffer from the paucity of experiences and memories to share and 'no concrete object to mourn'.
“Parents suffer from the paucity of experiences and memories to share and ‘no concrete object to mourn’.”
From Parents’ experiences of care following the loss of a baby at the margins between miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal death: a UK qualitative study (2020) · cites this paper as [10]
Cassaday reported how the impact of pregnancy loss on psychological functioning and grief is heightened if it is sudden and unexpected.
“Cassaday10 reported how the impact of pregnancy loss on psychological functioning and grief is heightened if it is sudden and unexpected.”
From Parents’ experiences of care following the loss of a baby at the margins between miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal death: a UK qualitative study (2020) · cites this paper as [10]
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- Authors
- Cassaday, T. M.
- Affiliations
- Medical University of South Carolina (US)
- Corresponding author
- Cassaday, Tonia M.
- Venue
- Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-09
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 525-533
- ISSN
- 0889-8545 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2885813402
- Cited by
- 43
- References
- 6
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 2.94
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Global Maternal and Child Health
- Keywords
- perinatal loss, miscarriage, perinatal grief, complicated grief, grief reactions, parental relationships, health professionals' role, grief therapy, psychological functioning
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Attitude to Death, Bereavement, Female, Grief, Humans, Male, Parents, Physician's Role, Pregnancy, Professional-Family Relations, Social Support, Maternal-Child Nursing, Nurse's Role, Perinatal Death
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