Urgent Attention Needed for Mental Health Challenges Arising from Prolonged Grief During and in the Aftermath of COVID-19

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  • Ana Aguiar EPIUnit. Instituto de Saúde Pública. Universidade do Porto. Porto; Laboratório para a Investigação Integrativa e Translacional em Saúde Populacional (ITR). Porto; Estudo das Populações. Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS). Universidade do Porto. Porto.
  • Marta Pinto Faculdade de Psicologia e Ciências da Educação. Universidade do Porto. Porto. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1518-1302
  • Raquel Duarte EPIUnit. Instituto de Saúde Pública. Universidade do Porto. Porto; Laboratório para a Investigação Integrativa e Translacional em Saúde Populacional (ITR). Porto; Estudo das Populações. Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS). Universidade do Porto. Porto. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2257-3099

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https://doi.org/10.20344/amp.20993

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Attitude to Death, COVID-19, Grief, Mental Health, Portugal

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2024-03-14

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Aguiar A, Pinto M, Duarte R. Urgent Attention Needed for Mental Health Challenges Arising from Prolonged Grief During and in the Aftermath of COVID-19. Acta Med Port [Internet]. 2024 Mar. 14 [cited 2024 May 1];37(4):305-7. Available from: https://actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/20993

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