The connections between complicated grief and traumatic stress have previously been investigated;... more The connections between complicated grief and traumatic stress have previously been investigated; however, the learning effects resulting from previous losses and emotional clarity are still unclear. Understanding these effects may shed more light on the general hypotheses of emotional aging. We aimed to assess the moderating effects of emotional clarity and previous losses on bereavement outcomes. This study evaluated 190 participants with a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Inventory of Complicated Grief, the Impact of Event Scale–Revised, and the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale. The results confirm that previous losses change the relationship between complicated grief and trauma and that emotional clarity changes the association between previous losses and complicated grief.
MJD is the most frequent dominant ataxia and an incapacitating disorder. Onset is most frequently... more MJD is the most frequent dominant ataxia and an incapacitating disorder. Onset is most frequently during the reproductive years, and genetic counseling is its only means of prevention. The causative mutation--an expansion of a (CAG)n on chromosome 14q32.1--can now be directly detected. We now report the first two cases of prenatal diagnosis (PND). The first presented as a simultaneous request for predictive testing and PND at 14 weeks of pregnancy. Owing to time constraints, we performed a full protocol of counseling with shorter inter between sessions, while psycho-social evaluation of the other parent obstetric consults were also begun. We ensured that the couple wished termination if the fetus was a carrier, to avoid a presymptomatic test for the unborn child. We were thus able to deliver test results two weeks before PND. As the fetus carried an expanded allele (77 CAGs) inherited from his father, termination was performed and the couple received counselling, psychological and social support. The second case was the fetus of a carrier-mother that was diagnosed as non-carrier, also after amniocentesis.
The connections between complicated grief and traumatic stress have previously been investigated;... more The connections between complicated grief and traumatic stress have previously been investigated; however, the learning effects resulting from previous losses and emotional clarity are still unclear. Understanding these effects may shed more light on the general hypotheses of emotional aging. We aimed to assess the moderating effects of emotional clarity and previous losses on bereavement outcomes. This study evaluated 190 participants with a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Inventory of Complicated Grief, the Impact of Event Scale–Revised, and the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale. The results confirm that previous losses change the relationship between complicated grief and trauma and that emotional clarity changes the association between previous losses and complicated grief.
MJD is the most frequent dominant ataxia and an incapacitating disorder. Onset is most frequently... more MJD is the most frequent dominant ataxia and an incapacitating disorder. Onset is most frequently during the reproductive years, and genetic counseling is its only means of prevention. The causative mutation--an expansion of a (CAG)n on chromosome 14q32.1--can now be directly detected. We now report the first two cases of prenatal diagnosis (PND). The first presented as a simultaneous request for predictive testing and PND at 14 weeks of pregnancy. Owing to time constraints, we performed a full protocol of counseling with shorter inter between sessions, while psycho-social evaluation of the other parent obstetric consults were also begun. We ensured that the couple wished termination if the fetus was a carrier, to avoid a presymptomatic test for the unborn child. We were thus able to deliver test results two weeks before PND. As the fetus carried an expanded allele (77 CAGs) inherited from his father, termination was performed and the couple received counselling, psychological and social support. The second case was the fetus of a carrier-mother that was diagnosed as non-carrier, also after amniocentesis.
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