Unresolved grief in combat veterans with PTSD

Pivar, Ilona L.; Field, Nigel P.

doi:10.1016/j.janxdis.2003.09.005

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“…These results are comparable with findings of a previous pilot study using the newly proposed criteria, which found that PGD may be an appearance of depression rather than a separate nosological entity (Schaal, Elbert, & Neuner, 2009b). Therefore, our results do not support earlier findings showing that PGD represents a dimension distinct from depression, PTSD, and anxiety (Boelen, & van den Bout, 2005;Boelen et al, 2003;Chen et al, 1999;Dillen et al, 2009;Pivar & Field, 2004). The findings are also not in accordance with Boelen and Prigerson (2007), who demonstrated that the newly proposed criteria for PGD indicate the dimension of emotional distress.…”

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“…Several researchers have suggested that the symptoms of PGD result from a distinct nosological syndrome distinguishable from other DSM disorders. In a series of factor analytic investigations researchers were able to differentiate a grief-specific symptom factor from bereavement-related depression and anxiety (Boelen & Prigerson, 2007;Boelen, & van den Bout, 2005;Boelen, van den Bout, & de Keijser, 2003;Chen et al, 1999;Dillen, Fontaine, & Verhofstadt-Denè ve, 2009) or PTSD (Pivar & Field, 2004). There is evidence that this cluster of symptoms is associated with functional impairments and substantial morbidity even after controlling for current psychopathology such as depression, PTSD and anxiety (Bonanno et al, 2007;Melhem et al, 2007;Simon et al, 2007).…”

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Associations Between Prolonged Grief Disorder, Depression, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Anxiety in Rwandan Genocide Survivors

Schaal

Dusingizemungu²,

Jacob

et al. 2012

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A number of studies have demonstrated that symptoms of prolonged grief disorder (PGD) represent a symptom cluster distinct from bereavement-related depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The aim of the present study was to confirm and extend these findings using the most recent criteria defining PGD. The authors interviewed a total of 400 orphaned or widowed survivors of the Rwandan genocide. The syndromes were strongly linked to each other with a high comorbidity. Principal axis factoring resulted in the emergence of 4 different factors. The symptoms of depression, along with the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral symptoms of PGD, loaded on the first factor, symptoms of anxiety on the second factor, symptoms of PTSD on the third factor, and the separation distress symptoms of PGD on the fourth factor. This indicates that the concept of PGD includes symptoms that are conceptually related to depression. However, the symptom cluster of separation distress presents a grief-specific dimension that may surface unrelated to depressive symptoms.

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Associations Between Prolonged Grief Disorder, Depression, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Anxiety in Rwandan Genocide Survivors

Schaal

Dusingizemungu²,

Jacob

et al. 2012

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“…For the World Trade Center disaster, bereavement (28) and self-identification with the victims (29) may have also contributed to the difference in PTSD prevalence. Firefighters lost six times as many comrades as the police (30), and Fire Department of New York funerals continued through September 2003.…”

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Differences in PTSD Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors Among World Trade Center Disaster Rescue and Recovery Workers

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Wheeler³

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“…In a study of 114 Vietnam veterans, Pivar and Field (2004) found individuals reported combat-related grief at levels comparable to recently bereaved spouses. Papa and colleagues (2008) also reported strong associations between combat loss and psychological maladjustment in another secondary analysis of the NVVRS.…”

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Examining the role of combat loss among Vietnam War veterans

Currier

Holland

2012

Journal of Traumatic Stress

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Military combat often presents service members with a dual burden of coping with traumas of various types while also grappling with the deaths of close personal friends. At present, much less is known about the effects of bereavement in the context of war compared to other combat-related stressors. Studying a sample of combat veterans from the National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Study (NVVRS), we examined the contribution of combat loss in psychological functioning and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). When controlling for gender, age, ethnicity, educational background, exposure to nonbereavement combat stressors, and recent bereavement experiences, combat loss was uniquely associated with past and current functional impairments among the veterans, βs = .07 and .06, respectively, but was not related to the severity of PTSD. These findings highlight that combat loss might act as a uniquely challenging stressor among many service members and more empirical research is needed on this topic.

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Unresolved grief in combat veterans with PTSD

Cited by 59 publications

References 21 publications

Associations Between Prolonged Grief Disorder, Depression, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Anxiety in Rwandan Genocide Survivors

Associations Between Prolonged Grief Disorder, Depression, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Anxiety in Rwandan Genocide Survivors

Differences in PTSD Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors Among World Trade Center Disaster Rescue and Recovery Workers

Examining the role of combat loss among Vietnam War veterans

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