RATES AND RISKS OF COMPLICATED GRIEF AMONG PSYCHIATRIC CLINIC PATIENTS IN KARACHI, PAKISTAN
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The aim of this study was to determine rates and risks of Complicated Grief (CG) among psychiatric clinic patients in Karachi, Pakistan. The Inventory of Traumatic Grief, an early version of Inventory of Complicated Grief--Revised, was administered to 151 recently bereaved patients, with validated criteria applied to determine CG "caseness." Thirty-four percent of the sample met criteria for CG. Although violent deaths did not pose a heightened CG risk, gender and kinship to the deceased did significantly increase the likelihood of meeting of criteria for CG.
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- Authors
- Prigerson, H., Ahmed, I., Silverman, G. K., Saxena, A. K., MacIejewski, P. K., Jacobs, S. C., V.Kasl, S., Aqeel, N., & Hamirani, M.
- Affiliations
- Yale University (US)
- University of Connecticut (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Center (US)
- Civil Hospital Karachi (PK)
- Venue
- Death Studies
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2002-11
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 781-792
- ISSN
- 0748-1187 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-7683
- OpenAlex
- W2013180702
- Cited by
- 107
- References
- 16
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- FWCI
- 1.77
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Death Studies (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH056529, MH-56529, MH-63892, R01MH063892)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Keywords
- complicated grief, bereavement, psychiatric outpatients, violent death, gender differences, risk factors, Karachi
- MeSH terms
- Mental Disorders, Family Relations, Female, Grief, Humans, Male, Pakistan, Risk Factors, Violence, Survivors
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