Managing Grief of Bereaved Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan
This commentary discussed the psychological issues related to bereavement in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, we addressed two aspects in the context of Japanese culture. The first relates to the psychological distress of members of the bereaved family who could not visit their loved...
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| author | Yoko Matsuda Yoshitake Takebayashi Yoshitake Takebayashi Satomi Nakajima Masaya Ito |
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| description | This commentary discussed the psychological issues related to bereavement in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, we addressed two aspects in the context of Japanese culture. The first relates to the psychological distress of members of the bereaved family who could not visit their loved ones who had COVID-19 before or after their death. The second relates to the bereavement experience of those who were unable to be with their loved ones when the end came, even though they did not have COVID-19, because of restrictions on visiting hospitals. We seek to focus on the need for a support system for bereaved families to help them through the grieving process, and discuss end-of-life care in such circumstances, and in the post-COVID-19 era, as in current day Japan. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8cbaa1a296304560911b4f9233651e552022-12-21T18:58:28ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402021-06-011210.3389/fpsyt.2021.637237637237Managing Grief of Bereaved Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic in JapanYoko Matsuda0Yoshitake Takebayashi1Yoshitake Takebayashi2Satomi Nakajima3Masaya Ito4National Center of Cognitive-Behavior Therapy and Research, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, JapanNational Center of Cognitive-Behavior Therapy and Research, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, JapanDepartment Health Risk Communication, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, JapanDepartment of Human Sciences, Faculty of Human Sciences, Musashino University, Koto-ku, JapanNational Center of Cognitive-Behavior Therapy and Research, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, JapanThis commentary discussed the psychological issues related to bereavement in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, we addressed two aspects in the context of Japanese culture. The first relates to the psychological distress of members of the bereaved family who could not visit their loved ones who had COVID-19 before or after their death. The second relates to the bereavement experience of those who were unable to be with their loved ones when the end came, even though they did not have COVID-19, because of restrictions on visiting hospitals. We seek to focus on the need for a support system for bereaved families to help them through the grieving process, and discuss end-of-life care in such circumstances, and in the post-COVID-19 era, as in current day Japan.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.637237/fullCOVID-19prolonged griefambiguous lossmourning processbereavement |
| spellingShingle | Yoko Matsuda Yoshitake Takebayashi Yoshitake Takebayashi Satomi Nakajima Masaya Ito Managing Grief of Bereaved Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan Frontiers in Psychiatry COVID-19 prolonged grief ambiguous loss mourning process bereavement |
| title | Managing Grief of Bereaved Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan |
| title_full | Managing Grief of Bereaved Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan |
| title_fullStr | Managing Grief of Bereaved Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Managing Grief of Bereaved Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan |
| title_short | Managing Grief of Bereaved Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan |
| title_sort | managing grief of bereaved families during the covid 19 pandemic in japan |
| topic | COVID-19 prolonged grief ambiguous loss mourning process bereavement |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.637237/full |
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