Unrecognized grief - Prevalence and comorbidity of prolonged grief among refugees in Sweden
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13136154 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anna Leiler (0000-0003-1736-8939, Mid Sweden University, corresponding author), Jennifer Meurling (Mid Sweden University), Elisabet Rondung (0000-0001-5109-106X, Mid Sweden University), Shervin Shahnavaz (0000-0002-7296-4920, Karolinska Institutet), Gerhard Andersson (0000-0003-4753-6745, Linköping University), Anna Bjärtå (0000-0003-0011-7770, Mid Sweden University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Pages | 100274-100274 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Migration and Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2666-6235 • E-ISSN: 2666-6235 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.jmh.2024.100274 |
| PMID | 39498266 |
| OpenAlex | W4403351320 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 29 |
Refugees often experience multiple losses. Despite this, and even though the loss is often due to unnatural causes and violent killings, the presence of Prolonged Grief (PG) among refugees may be obscured by other diagnoses such as depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In this cross-sectional study, we assessed the prevalence of PG and its comorbidity with depression and PTSD among 679 adult refugees in Sweden. Results showed that 401 (59.06 %) individuals had lost someone close to them, whom they were grieving intensely. Of these, 76 individuals (18.95 % of 401) fulfilled the criteria for PG. In the full sample, 304 individuals fulfilled the criteria for depression and 56 (18.42 % of 304) of these individuals also fulfilled the criteria for PG. Similarly, 315 fulfilled the criteria for PTSD. Among these individuals, 201 reported loss and 64 (20.32 % of 315) also fulfilled the criteria for PG. The results indicate that behind symptoms of depression and PTSD, there may be a layer of grief. This needs to be considered if we are to provide accurate and effective assessments and interventions for refugees
Comorbidity · Complicated grief · Grief · Psychiatry · Refugee · Clinical Psychology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · History · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Psychology
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Prolonged Grief Disorder
Resilience in the Face of Potential Trauma
Mental health and quality of life among asylum seekers and refugees living in refugee housing facilities in Sweden
Grief and mourning gone awry
Mental health of migrants with pre-migration exposure to armed conflict
Complicated Grief
Anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder in refugees resettling in high-income countries
Validation of the new DSM‐5‐TR criteria for prolonged grief disorder and the PG‐13‐Revised ( PG‐13‐R ) scale
The prevalence of prolonged grief disorder in bereaved individuals following unnatural losses
The Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM‐5 (PCL‐5)
The PHQ-9
Prolonged Grief Disorder Among Refugees in Psychological Treatment—Association With Self-Efficacy and Emotion Regulation
Development and Preliminary Validation of Refugee Trauma History Checklist (RTHC)—A Brief Checklist for Survey Studies
Validation of the prolonged grief scale (PG-13) and investigation of the prevalence and risk factors of prolonged grief disorder in Turkish bereaved samples
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |