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1. The death of a loved one. A proposal to prevent complicated grief in palliative home care when assistance ends

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Lenzo, Vittorio, Isgrò, Carmen, Germanà, Antonino, Mazzei, Micol, Testaì, Caterina, Verrastro, Valeria, and Quattropani, Maria Catena

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lcsh:Psychology, palliative care, psychological intervention, lcsh:R, lcsh:BF1-990, caregiver, mourning, complicated grief, lcsh:Medicine
Abstract

Background: past studies have investigated the relationship between mourning and the quality of life in caregivers who care for terminally ill patients. Recently, complicated pain has been recognized as a risk factor for mental and physical health and severe suffering can interfere with individual functioning and social relationships. Every day, home-based palliative care workers confront health professionals who may develop complicated pain after the patient's death. Methods: the aim is to identify family members who take care of a high risk of complicated pain and to do this the SISIFO Consortium has developed a psychological intervention program to prevent complicated pain in family caregivers of terminally ill patients. Results: the common features of the psychological intervention and the future directions of the research were discussed. Conclusions: the purpose of this document is to illustrate the detailed procedure of the palliative home care service. Furthermore, the results of the psychological intervention program adopted by the service were briefly summarized., Journal of Clinical & Developmental Psychology, Vol 2, No 1 (2020)

Published
2020

2. THE INTERPLAY OF ATTACHMENT STYLES AND DEFENSE MECHANISMS ON EATING DISORDERS RISK: CROSS-SECTIONAL OBSERVATION IN THE COMMUNITY POPULATION.

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Lenzo, Vittorio, Sardella, Alberto, Barberis, Nadia, Isgrò, Carmen, Torrisi, Roberta, Giunta, Serena, Petralia, Maria Cristina, Verrastro, Valeria, and Quattropani, Maria C.

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ATTACHMENT behavior, EATING disorders, DEFENSE mechanisms (Psychology), HEALTH behavior
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Objective: Eating Disorders (Eds) are considered a broad group of pathological conditions characterized by dysregulated eating-related behaviors and habits. Attachment styles and defense mechanisms appear to be linked to the development of EDs-related unhealthy behaviors; however, these factors have been seldom investigated jointly. This study aimed at exploring the shared association between attachment styles, defense mechanisms, and EDs-related behaviors; additionally, we aimed at investigating whether defense mechanisms might be potential mediators of the association between attachment and Eds behaviors. Method: A community-based sample was recruited (88% females, mean age= 22.33 ± 4.81 years) and underwent a comprehensive evaluation protocol assessing attachment styles, defense mechanisms, and risk of eating disorders. Results: Several shared associations between attachment styles, defense mechanisms, and eating disorders scores were found. Additionally, a maladaptive defense style appeared to be a significant mediator of the association between attachment styles and EDs-related symptoms. Conclusions: The integrated evaluation of attachment and defense mechanisms could generate a more comprehensive framework of the psychological antecedents related to Eating Disorders, and it could be a beneficial factor involved in therapies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2021
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