Therapeutic Assessment With a Client With Persistent Complex Bereavement Disorder: A Single-Case Time-Series Design

Durosini, Ilaria; Tarocchi, Anna Laura; Aschieri, Filippo

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“…Given the complexity of BI definition as a multidimensional construct, positive outcomes on BI do not depend on specific characteristics of psychological interventions but in meeting patients and survivors needs and preferences, as affirmed by Möller et al ( 2019 ). Personalized interventions and collaborative psychological interventions (e.g., Smith and George, 2012 ; Aschieri et al, 2015 ; Durosini et al, 2017 ) are needed to deal with BI issues taking into account any individual breast cancer patient's or survivor's situation and experiences. Referring to sexual functioning, literature reveals the association between BI and sexual functioning in breast cancer patients and survivors (Woertman and Van den Brink, 2012 ).…”

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The Efficacy of Psychological Intervention on Body Image in Breast Cancer Patients and Survivors: A Systematic-Review and Meta-Analysis

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The experience of breast cancer and related treatments has notable effects on women's mental health. Among them, the subjective perception of the body or body image (BI) is altered. Such alterations deserve to be properly treated because they augment the risk for depression and mood disorders, and impair intimate relationships. A number of studies revealed that focused psychological interventions are effective in reducing BI issues related to breast cancer. However, findings are inconsistent regarding the dimension of such effects. This meta-analysis synthesizes and quantifies the efficacy of psychological interventions for BI in breast cancer patients and survivors. Additionally, since sexual functioning emerged as a relevant aspect in the BI distortions, we explored the efficacy of psychological interventions on sexual functioning related to BI in breast cancer patients and survivors. The literature search for relevant contributions was carried out in March 2020 through the following electronic databases: Scopus, PsycINFO, and ProQUEST. Only articles available in English and that featured psychological interventions for body image in breast cancer patients or survivors with controls were included. Seven articles with 17 dependent effect sizes were selected for this meta-analysis. Variables were grouped into: Body Image (six studies, nine dependent effect sizes) and Sexual Functioning Related to the Body Image in breast cancer patients and survivors (four studies, eight dependent effect sizes). The three-level meta-analysis showed a statistically significant effect for Body Image [g = 0.50; 95% CI (0.08; 0.93); p < 0.05] but no significant results for Sexual Functioning Related to Body Image [g = 0.33; 95% CI (−0.20; 0.85); p = 0.19]. These results suggest that psychological interventions are effective in reducing body image issues but not in reducing sexual functioning issues related to body image in breast cancer patients and survivors. Future review efforts may include gray literature and qualitative studies to better understand body image and sexual functioning issues in breast cancer patients. Also, high-quality studies are needed to inform future meta-analyses.

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“…This could have a negative impact on social, working and relational functioning [ 40 ]. It is important to take into account individual differences (e.g., personality traits) [ 41 , 42 ] and the possible traumatic consequences of the pandemic and rethink mental health provisions and psychological support for people in order to promote a reconnection between dissociated parts and the elaboration of traumatic experiences [ 43 – 46 ].…”

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In the eye of a quiet storm: A critical incident study on the quarantine experience during the coronavirus pandemic

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Objective In 2020, the COVID-19 appeared in Italy with an exponential transmission capacity and serious consequences for the whole population. To counter the spread of the virus, the Italian government has adopted an extensive lockdown, forcing citizens to stay at home and avoid social contact. The COVID-19 quarantine represents a unique phenomenon in the recent centuries, and its long-term consequences on people’s lives and mental health are still to be understood. This study aimed to explore significant experiences of people who did not contract the virus, yet experienced the quarantine as a potentially stressful condition. Methods Italians who did not contract the COVID-19 were invited to participate in semi-structured interviews employing the Critical Incident Technique. Interviews were designed to capture the significant experiences related to the lockdown period in Italy. Participants were asked to describe the most significant (1) negative and (2) positive critical events that they personally experienced during the ongoing quarantine. Such events were meant to provide information on their experience of the quarantine as a whole. The audio-taped interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed following Critical Incident Technique’s indications. Results Twenty two participants described a total of 43 critical events, including 22 negative episodes and 21 positive events experienced during the COVID-19 quarantine. Three categories emerged from the negative episodes and four categories emerged from the positive events described by the participants. Relevant themes both positive and negative concerned mostly relationships (with partners, family, and friends), and the alteration of everyday activities, Also a specific “sensation of emergency” that the participants felt during the pandemic emerged, as an emotionally-charged response to quarantine-related external stimuli. Conclusions To our knowledge this is the first in-depth qualitative study investigating the significant negative and positive events that people experienced during the COVID-19 quarantine. Future research could employ analogous event recollection methods but focus on other populations (e.g., fragile subjects or on other national contests), in order to extend the information on the quarantine experience and its possible long-lasting effects.

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“…To reduce family members’ emotional bias in the recollection of episodes of care, in the early phases of the study, researchers screened participants for complicated grief (CG) using the Brief Grief Questionnaire (Shear, Jackson, Essock, Donahue, & Felton, 2006), a 5‐item Likert‐type scale. CG accounts “for cases in which bereavement becomes a severe stressor that triggers the onset of a mental disorder” (Durosini, Tarocchi, & Aschieri, 2017, p. 296). Thirteen participants reported symptoms indicating CG and were excluded from the study (female: n = 10; male: n = 3).…”

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“Invisible Voices”: A Critical Incident Study of Family Caregivers’ Experience of Nursing Homes After Their Elder Relative’s Death

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Barello

Durosini

2020

J of Nursing Scholarship

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PurposeThe literature provides few examples of family caregivers’ retrospective evaluation of nursing home services. This study aimed at analyzing narratives of Italian family caregivers of elders who experienced nursing home placement.Design and MethodsData were gathered through in‐depth interviews with family members after their relatives’ death. The interviews were based on the Critical Incident Technique, which allowed the categorization of the most memorable positive and negative events from the perspective of family members of elders deceased in nursing homes. Interviews were interpreted with a phenomenologically inspired thematic analysis approach. Participants were screened for complicated grief disorder as a confounding variable in relatives’ accounts of the treatment.ResultsResults suggested that positive long‐term recollection of the nursing home was associated with different themes emerging from the interviews: medical reliability and expertise, active demonstrations of care that extend beyond the contract with the facility, individualized attention, responsiveness, openness to dialog with family members about routines, management of the first impression, and family engagement. Lack of professionals’ expertise and medical failures, lack of care for patients’ personal goods, lack of family involvement, lack of individualized attention, lack of responsiveness, poor patient surveillance, and structural limits of the facilities were the themes that were more frequently negatively associated with the nursing home experience.Implications for PracticeFocusing on the key dimensions connected to the quality of the experience of family members can enrich the quality of existing nursing home services and allow healthcare policymakers and managers to design better facilities for the patients.

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Therapeutic Assessment With a Client With Persistent Complex Bereavement Disorder: A Single-Case Time-Series Design

Cited by 24 publications

References 45 publications

The Efficacy of Psychological Intervention on Body Image in Breast Cancer Patients and Survivors: A Systematic-Review and Meta-Analysis

The Efficacy of Psychological Intervention on Body Image in Breast Cancer Patients and Survivors: A Systematic-Review and Meta-Analysis

In the eye of a quiet storm: A critical incident study on the quarantine experience during the coronavirus pandemic

“Invisible Voices”: A Critical Incident Study of Family Caregivers’ Experience of Nursing Homes After Their Elder Relative’s Death

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