title: Rates and risks of complicated grief among psychiatric clinic patients in Karachi, Pakistan.
abstract: The aim of this study was to determine rates and risks of Complicated Grief (CG) among psychiatric clinic patients in Karachi, Pakistan. The Inventory of Traumatic Grief, an early version of Inventory of Complicated Grief--Revised, was administered to 151 recently bereaved patients, with validated criteria applied to determine CG "caseness." Thirty-four percent of the sample met criteria for CG. Although violent deaths did not pose a heightened CG risk, gender and kinship to the deceased did significantly increase the likelihood of meeting of criteria for CG.
authors.affiliation: Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Holly.Prigerson@Yale.edu
authors.forename: Holly
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Prigerson
authors.forename: Irshad
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Gabriel K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Silverman
authors.forename: Atulya K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Saxena
authors.forename: Paul K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Maciejewski
authors.forename: Selby C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: Stanislav V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Kasl
authors.forename: Noorulain
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aqeel
authors.forename: Munir
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamirani
mesh_terms: D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*; D014754:Violence