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Selby Jacobs
Researcher at Yale University
Publications - 56
Citations - 4478
Selby Jacobs is an academic researcher from Yale University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Grief & Mental health. The author has an hindex of 24, co-authored 56 publications receiving 4123 citations. Previous affiliations of Selby Jacobs include University of Illinois at Chicago.
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Prolonged Grief Disorder: Psychometric Validation of Criteria Proposed for DSM-V and ICD-11
Holly G. Prigerson,Holly G. Prigerson,Mardi J. Horowitz,Selby Jacobs,Colin Murray Parkes,Mihaela Aslan,Karl Goodkin,Karl Goodkin,Beverley Raphael,Samuel J. Marwit,Camille B. Wortman,Robert A. Neimeyer,George A. Bonanno,Susan D. Block,Susan D. Block,David W. Kissane,Paul A. Boelen,Andreas Maercker,Brett T. Litz,Brett T. Litz,Jeffrey G. Johnson,Michael B. First,Paul K. Maciejewski,Paul K. Maciejewski +23 more
TL;DR: The psychometric validity of criteria for prolonged grief disorder (PGD) is tested to enhance the detection and care of bereaved individuals at heightened risk of persistent distress and dysfunction.
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Traumatic grief as a risk factor for mental and physical morbidity.
Holly G. Prigerson,Andrew J. Bierhals,Stanislav V. Kasl,Charles F. Reynolds,M. Katherine Shear,Nancy L. Day,Laurel C. Beery,Jason T. Newsom,Selby Jacobs +8 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that it may not be the stress of bereavement, per se, that puts individuals at risk for long-term mental and physical health impairments and adverse health behaviors.
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An epidemiological review of the mortality of bereavement.
Selby Jacobs,Adrian M. Ostfeld +1 more
TL;DR: Empirical literature revealing excess mortality in the newly widowed is reviewed and pathogenetic mechanisms resulting from a loss are probably twofold: physiologic changes associated with the loss response and behavioral changes that comprise health maintenance or chronic disease management.
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Caring for Bereaved Patients: All the Doctors Just Suddenly Go
Holly G. Prigerson,Selby Jacobs +1 more
TL;DR: This work examines the experience of a woman widowed for 2 years to illustrate distinctions between symptoms and outcomes of uncomplicated and complicated grief, recommend approaches to physician interactions with bereaved patients, and offer guidelines for professional intervention in aftercare.
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Adverse life events and cognitive-personality characteristics in the prediction of major depression and antidepressant response.
TL;DR: Adverse life events are a potent factor in predicting depression, however, cognitive-personality characteristics also confer susceptibility to depression.