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Nadja Jacob
Researcher at University of Konstanz
Publications - 5
Citations - 588
Nadja Jacob is an academic researcher from University of Konstanz. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Grief. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 5 publications receiving 540 citations.
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Family violence, war, and natural disasters: A study of the effect of extreme stress on children's mental health in Sri Lanka
TL;DR: Data argue for a relationship between war violence and violent behavior inflicted on children in their families and the recent Tsunami experience resulted as significant predictors of PTSD in children, thus highlighting the detrimental effect that the experience of cumulative stress can have on children's mental health.
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Rates and risks for prolonged grief disorder in a sample of orphaned and widowed genocide survivors
TL;DR: Risks and rates of Prolonged Grief Disorder in survivors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide who had lost a parent and/or the husband before, during or after the 1994 events were determined.
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Dissemination of Psychotherapy for Trauma Spectrum Disorders in Postconflict Settings: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Rwanda
TL;DR: A train-the-trainer (TTT) dissemination model of PTSD treatment dissemination can be effective in resource-poor postconflict societies.
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Rates of trauma spectrum disorders and risks of posttraumatic stress disorder in a sample of orphaned and widowed genocide survivors.
TL;DR: The results point to the chronicity of mental health problems in this population and show that PTSD may endure over time if not addressed by clinical intervention, and widows seem to constitute a particularly vulnerable survivor group.
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Associations between prolonged grief disorder, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and anxiety in Rwandan genocide survivors.
TL;DR: Findings from this study confirm that the concept of PGD includes symptoms that are conceptually related to depression, however, the symptom cluster of separation distress presents a grief-specific dimension that may surface unrelated to depressive symptoms.