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Reactions of Women to Perinatal Death
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Forty women who had just lost babies in the perinatal period showed emotional and physical reactions similar to those seen following the death of a loved person.Abstract:
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Forty women who had just lost babies in the perinatal period showed emotional and physical reactions similar to those seen following the death of a loved person.
The needs of these bereaved women, the effect of bereavement on mental and physical health, and the importance of mourning are discussed.
Although doctors treated the women's physical symptoms and prescribed sedatives liberally, in about half the cases they avoided discussing the death of the baby. These women need a sympathetic listener and his reassuring explanations to remove misconceptions and guilt, and to provide confidence for the future.read more
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The Perinatal Grief Scale: development and initial validation.
TL;DR: The theoretical strategy underlying development of the Perinatal Grief Scale is described and Variables found to be significant predictors of grief, as measured by this scale, were: overall physical health of mother, gestational age at time of loss, quality of the marital relationship, and pre-loss mental health symptomatology.
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Support after perinatal death: a study of support and counselling after perinatal bereavement.
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TL;DR: The duration of bereavement reaction after perinatal death was appreciably shortened by support and counselling, and early pregnancy was associated with a higher incidence of psychiatric symptoms in the unsupported group.
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Psychological aspects of perinatal loss
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Psychological Complications After Stillbirth--Influence of Memories and Immediate Management: Population Based Study
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Mourning and Melancholia
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Mortality of bereavement.
W D Rees,S G Lutkins +1 more
TL;DR: That bereavement is associated with an increased mortality rate for close relatives is an old concept that has only recently begun to receive statistical confirmation, and widowhood increased the mortality rate by about 40% in the six months following bereavement.
Principles of Preventive Psychiatry
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