Publications

Selected Peer Reviewed Publications

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Killikelly, C. & Maercker, A. (2022) The cultural supplement: a new method for assessing culturally relevant prolonged grief disorder symptoms, Clinical Psychology in Europe, in press

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Killikelly, C., Merzhvynska, M., Zhou, N., Stelzer, E.-M., Hyland, P., Rocha, J., Ben-Ezra, M., & Maercker, A. (2021). Examination of the New ICD-11 Prolonged Grief Disorder Guidelines Across Five International Samples. Clinical Psychology in Europe, 3(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.32872/cpe.4159

 

Killikelly C, Smid GE, Wagner B, Boelen PA. Responding to the new International Classification of Diseases-11 prolonged grief disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic: a new bereavement network and three-tiered model of care. Public Health. 2021 Feb;191:85-90. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2020.10.034. Epub 2021 Feb 5. PMID: 33556639.

 

Killikelly, C. Ramp, M. & Maercker, A. (2021) Prolonged grief disorder in refugees from Syria: qualitative analysis of culturally relevant symptoms and implications for ICD-11, Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 24:1, 62-79, DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2020.1825361

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Killikelly, C., Zhou, N., Merzhvynska, M., Stelzer, E. M., Dotschung, T., Rohner, S., … Maercker, A. (2020). Development of the international prolonged grief disorder scale for the ICD-11: Measurement of core symptoms and culture items adapted for chinese and german-speaking samples. Journal of Affective Disorders, 277, 568–576. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.08.057

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Stelzer, E.-M., Zhou, N., Maercker, A., O’Connor, M.-F., & Killikelly, C. (2020). Prolonged Grief Disorder and the Cultural Crisis. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 2982. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02982

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Killikelly C, Bauer S, Maercker A (2018) The assessment of grief in refugees and post-conflict survivors: a narrative review of etic and emic research. Frontiers in Psychology, Special Issue Refugee Mental Health 9:1957.doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01957

 

Killikelly C, Maercker A (2018) Prolonged grief disorder for ICD-11: the primacy of clinical utility and international applicability. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOTRAUMATOLOGY 2018, VOL. 8, 1476441 https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2018.1476441

Lechner-Meichsner, F. & Comtesse, H. (2022). Beliefs about causes and cures of Prolonged Grief Disorder among Arab and Sub-Saharan African refugees. Frontiers in Psychiatry. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.852714

 

Lechner-Meichsner, F., Ehring, T., Krüger-Gottschalk, A., Morina, N., Plankl, C., & Steil, R. (2022). Using imagery rescripting to treat posttraumatic stress disorder in refugees: A Case Study. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2022.06.002

 

Lechner-Meichsner, F., Mauro, C., Skritskaya, N., & Shear, M. K. (2022). Change in avoidance and negative grief-related cognitions mediates treatment outcome in older adults with prolonged grief disorder. Psychotherapy Research, 32(1), 91–103. doi: 10.1080/10503307.2021.1909769

 

Comtesse, H., Lechner-Meichsner, F., Haneveld, J., Vogel, A., & Rosner, R. (2021). Prolonged grief in refugees living in Germany confronted with ambiguous or confirmed loss. Anxiety, Stress & Coping. doi: 10.1080/10615806.2021.1967936

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Haneveld, J., Rosner, R., Vogel, A., Kersting, A., Rief, W., Steil, R., & Comtesse, H. (2022). Same name, same content? Evaluation of DSM-5-TR and ICD-11 prolonged grief criteria. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 90(4), 303-313. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000720

 

Lechner-Meichsner, F., & Comtesse, H. (2022). Beliefs about causes and cures of prolonged grief disorder among Arab and Sub-Saharan African refugees. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13: 852714. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.852714

 

Rosner, R.*, Comtesse, H.*, Vogel, A., & Doering, B.K. (2021). Prevalence of prolonged grief disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 287, 301-307. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.03.058 * Shared first authorship

 

Comtesse, H., & Rosner, R. (2019). Prolonged grief disorder among asylum seekers in Germany: The influence of losses and residence status. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 10(1): 1591330. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2019.1591330

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