The impact of grief on ventilatory control.
The authors studied ventilatory control in four parents grieving over the death of an infant. Abnormalities in respiratory control were common and resembled those previously reported in depressed patients. The results raise questions about the relationship between affective state and ventilatory control.
D000328:Adult; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D010555:Personality Inventory; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012119:Respiration; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests