Unconfirmed death as a predictor of psychological morbidity in family members of disappeared persons.

Isuru, Amila; Hewage, S N; Bandumithra, Padmakumara; Williams, S S

Isuru, Amila; Hewage, S N; Bandumithra, Padmakumara; Williams, S S.

Affiliation

Isuru A; University Psychiatry Unit, North Colombo Teaching Hospital, Ragama, Sri Lanka.
Hewage SN; Independent Statistician, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Bandumithra P; District General Hospital, Hambantota, Sri Lanka.
Williams SS; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Ragama, Sri Lanka.

Psychol Med ; 49(16): 2764-2771, 2019 12.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30585557

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Depressive Disorder, Major/epidemiology; Family/psychology; Grief; Hope; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Cross-Sectional Studies; Depressive Disorder, Major/diagnosis; Disasters; Female; Humans; Logistic Models; Male; Middle Aged; Morbidity; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Sri Lanka/epidemiology; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/diagnosis; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/epidemiology; Survival/psychology; Young Adult

Key words

Ambiguous loss; civil conflict; depression; grief; missing individuals; natural disasters; post-traumatic stress disorder; prolonged grief disorder; psychological morbidity

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Grief / Family / Depressive Disorder, Major / Hope Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Guideline / Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Qualitative_research / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: En Journal: Psychol Med Year: 2019 Type: Article Affiliation country: Sri Lanka

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