Fear, Loss, Social Isolation, and Incomplete Grief Due to COVID-19: A Recipe for a Psychiatric Pandemic

The experience of the loss of the relatives, which is naturally one of the most stressful events in a person’s life, has turned into a new concept and challenge for survivors and mental health professionals during the coronavirus era. We discussed how restrictions caused by social distancing potenti...

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Main Authors: Seyede Salehe Mortazavi, Shervin Assari, Amirali Alimohamadi, Mani Rafiee, Mohsen Shati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Iran University of Medical Sciences 2020-04-01
Series:Basic and Clinical Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://bcn.iums.ac.ir/article-1-1785-en.html
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spelling doaj-620646dae5db425b8b2e0bce92f2c8cc2020-11-25T04:04:43ZengIran University of Medical SciencesBasic and Clinical Neuroscience2008-126X2228-74422020-04-01112225232Fear, Loss, Social Isolation, and Incomplete Grief Due to COVID-19: A Recipe for a Psychiatric PandemicSeyede Salehe Mortazavi0Shervin Assari1Amirali Alimohamadi2Mani Rafiee3Mohsen Shati4 School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health (Tehran Institute of Psychiatry), Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Department of Family Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Department of Clinical Psychology, School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health (Tehran Institute of Psychiatry), Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Department of Clinical Psychology, Search Results, Faculty of Psychology & Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran. Mental Health Research Center, Tehran Institute of Psychiatry, School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. The experience of the loss of the relatives, which is naturally one of the most stressful events in a person’s life, has turned into a new concept and challenge for survivors and mental health professionals during the coronavirus era. We discussed how restrictions caused by social distancing potentially increase the likelihood of a phenomenon called complicated grief or prolonged bereavement disorder and multilayer response by case finding to increase the access to public education to manage this complicated situation.http://bcn.iums.ac.ir/article-1-1785-en.htmlcovid-19losssocial isolationincomplete griefpandemic
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author Seyede Salehe Mortazavi
Shervin Assari
Amirali Alimohamadi
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Mohsen Shati
spellingShingle Seyede Salehe Mortazavi
Shervin Assari
Amirali Alimohamadi
Mani Rafiee
Mohsen Shati
Fear, Loss, Social Isolation, and Incomplete Grief Due to COVID-19: A Recipe for a Psychiatric Pandemic
Basic and Clinical Neuroscience
covid-19
loss
social isolation
incomplete grief
pandemic
author_facet Seyede Salehe Mortazavi
Shervin Assari
Amirali Alimohamadi
Mani Rafiee
Mohsen Shati
author_sort Seyede Salehe Mortazavi
title Fear, Loss, Social Isolation, and Incomplete Grief Due to COVID-19: A Recipe for a Psychiatric Pandemic
title_short Fear, Loss, Social Isolation, and Incomplete Grief Due to COVID-19: A Recipe for a Psychiatric Pandemic
title_full Fear, Loss, Social Isolation, and Incomplete Grief Due to COVID-19: A Recipe for a Psychiatric Pandemic
title_fullStr Fear, Loss, Social Isolation, and Incomplete Grief Due to COVID-19: A Recipe for a Psychiatric Pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Fear, Loss, Social Isolation, and Incomplete Grief Due to COVID-19: A Recipe for a Psychiatric Pandemic
title_sort fear, loss, social isolation, and incomplete grief due to covid-19: a recipe for a psychiatric pandemic
publisher Iran University of Medical Sciences
series Basic and Clinical Neuroscience
issn 2008-126X
2228-7442
publishDate 2020-04-01
description The experience of the loss of the relatives, which is naturally one of the most stressful events in a person’s life, has turned into a new concept and challenge for survivors and mental health professionals during the coronavirus era. We discussed how restrictions caused by social distancing potentially increase the likelihood of a phenomenon called complicated grief or prolonged bereavement disorder and multilayer response by case finding to increase the access to public education to manage this complicated situation.
topic covid-19
loss
social isolation
incomplete grief
pandemic
url http://bcn.iums.ac.ir/article-1-1785-en.html
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