Letteratura scientifica – Dolore e Perdita Stillbirth

Questa sezione è realizzata a cura della Prof.ssa Gabriella Gandino

Ricercatore in Psicologia clinica

Si occupa da anni di perdita perinatale in ambito clinico, formativo e di ricerca; ha pubblicato articoli sul tema in riviste internazionali ed è primo autore del libro “A cerchi concentrici. La complessità della perdita perinatale e le sue perturbazioni” (UTET, Torino, 2018).

Di seguito alcune delle sue pubblicazioni internazionali più importanti:

• Gandino G., Anfossi M., Vanni I., Loera B., «Perinatal loss from the health workers point of view. Perception and reaction to an unexpected and potentially traumatic event», in: Minerva Psichiatrica, 55, 2, pp. 57-68, 2014.
• Gandino G., Bernaudo A., Di Fini G., Vanni I., Veglia F. (2016). «Meanings of perinatal loss: a thematic analysis of health workers’ experiences», in: Minerva Psichiatrica, 57, 3, pp. 104-12.
• Gandino, G., Di Fini, G., Bernaudo, A., Paltrinieri, M., Castiglioni, M., & Veglia, F. (2017). The impact of perinatal loss in maternity units: A psycholinguistic analysis of health professionals’ reactions. Journal of Health Psychology, 1359105317727841. 17.
• Gandino, G., Bernaudo, A., Di Fini, G., Vanni, I., & Veglia, F. (2017). Healthcare professionals’ experiences of perinatal loss: A systematic review. Journal of Health Psychology, 1359105317705981.

Nella parte sottostante è elencata una selezione dei lavori scientifici più importanti in ambito psicologico:

• Adolfsson, A., Larsson, P. G., Wijma, B., & Bertero, C. (2004). Guilt and emptiness: women’s experiences of miscarriage. Health care for women international, 25(6), 543-560.
• Avelin, P., Rådestad, I., Säflund, K., Wredling, R., & Erlandsson, K. (2013). Parental grief and relationships after the loss of a stillborn baby. Midwifery, 29(6), 668-673. 
• Badenhorst, W., Riches, S., Turton, P., & Hughes, P. (2006). The psychological effects of stillbirth and neonatal death on fathers: Systematic review. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology, 27(4), 245-256.
•  Barr, P., & Cacciatore, J. (2008). Problematic emotions and maternal grief. OMEGA-Journal of Death and Dying, 56(4), 331-348.
• Blackmore, E. R., Côté-Arsenault, D., Tang, W., Glover, V., Evans, J., Golding, J., & O’Connor, T. G. (2011). Previous prenatal loss as a predictor of perinatal depression and anxiety. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 198(5), 373-378.
• Brierley-Jones, L., Crawley, R., Lomax, S., & Ayers, S. (2015). Stillbirth and stigma: The spoiling and repair of multiple social identities. OMEGA-Journal of Death and Dying, 70(2), 143-168.
• Burden, C., Bradley, S., Storey, C., Ellis, A., Heazell, A. E. P., Downe, S., Cacciatore, J., & Siassakos, D. (2016). From grief, guilt pain and stigma to hope and pride-a systematic review and meta-analysis of mixed-method research of the psychosocial impact of stillbirth. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 16(9), 1-12.
• Cacciatore, J., DeFrain, J., & Jones, K. L. (2008). When a baby dies: Ambiguity and stillbirth. Marriage & Family Review, 44(4), 439-454. 
• Cacciatore, J., Rådestad, I., & Frøen, J. F. (2008). Effects of contact with stillborn babies on maternal anxiety and depression. Birth, 35(4), 313-320. 
• Cacciatore, J., Frøen, J., & Killian, M. (2013). Condemning self, condemning other: blame and mental health in women suffering stillbirth. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 35(4), 342-359. 
• Campbell-Jackson, L., & Horsch, A. (2014). The Psychological Impact of Stillbirth on Women: A Systematic Review. Illness, Crisis & Loss, 22(3), 237-256.
• Caserta, D., Ralli, E., Matteucci, E., Bordi, G., Soave, I., Marci, R., & Moscarini, F. (2015). The influence of socio-demographic factors on miscarriage incidence among Italian and immigrant women: a critical analysis from Italy. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 17(3), 843-851.
• Côté-Arsenault, D. C., & Marshall, R. (2000). One foot in–one foot out: weathering the storm of pregnancy after perinatal loss. Research in Nursing & Health, 23(6), 473-485. 
• Da Ros, C., Casadei, D., & Panzeri, M. (2005). Sequele psicologiche della morte endouterina. In P. L. Righetti & D. Casadei (a cura di), Sostegno psicologico in gravidanza, Roma: Magi. 
• Engelhard, I. M., van den Hout, M. A., & Arntz, A. (2001). Posttraumatic stress disorder after pregnancy loss. General Hospital Psychiatry, 23(2), 62-66. 
   Flenady, V., Boyle, F., Koopmans, L., Wilson, T., Stones, W., & Cacciatore, J. (2014). Meeting the needs of parents after a stillbirth or neonatal death. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 121(s4), 137-140.
• Forhan, M. (2010). Doing, being, and becoming: A family’s journey through perinatal loss. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 64(1), 142-151.
  Gandino G., Vanni I., Bernaudo A. (2018). A cerchi concentrici. La complessità della perdita perinatale e le sue perturbazioni. UTET Università, Torino. 
•  – Geller, P. A., Kerns, D., & Klier, C. M. (2004). Anxiety following miscarriage and the subsequent pregnancy: a review of the literature and future directions. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 56(1), 35-45.
•  Godel, M. (2007). Images of stillbirth: Memory, mourning and memorial. Visual Studies, 22(3), 253-269. 
• Hughes, P., & Riches, S. (2003). Psychological aspects of perinatal loss. Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 15(2), 107-111.
• Hutti, M. H., Armstrong, D. S., Myers, J. A., & Hall, L. A. (2015). Grief intensity, psychological well-being, and the intimate partner relationship in the subsequent pregnancy after a perinatal loss. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing, 44(1), 42-50.
• Lang, A., Fleiszer, A. R., Duhamel, F., Sword, W., Gilbert, K.R., & Corsini-Munt, S. (2011). Perinatal Loss and Parental Grief: the challenge of ambiguity and disenfranchised grief. OMEGA-Journal of Death & Dying, 62(3), 183-196.
• Lee, C. (2012). “She was a person, she was here”: The experience of late pregnancy loss in Australia. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 30(1), 62-76.
• Maghella, P. (2008). La perdita invisibile. Elaborazione del lutto nel periodo perinatale. In M. Sgarro (a cura di), Il lutto in psicologia clinica e in psicoterapia (pp. 147-159). Torino: Centro Scientifico.
• McCreight, B. S. (2004). A grief ignored: narratives of pregnancy loss from a male perspective. Sociology of Health & Illness, 26(3), 326-350.
• Neimeyer, R. A. (2016). You were born, still: The search for meaning in perinatal loss. In: K. J. Doka, & A. S. Tucci (eds.), Managing Conflict, Finding Meaning: Supporting Families at Life’s End (pp. 115-124). Washington, DC: Hospice Foundation of America.
• Nordlund, E., Börjesson, A., Cacciatore, J., Pappas, C., Randers, I., & Rådestad, I. (2012). When a baby dies: Motherhood, psychosocial care and negative affect. British Journal of Midwifery, 20(11), 780-784.
• Pugliese, M. (2008). La morte in utero: aspetti psicologici e relazionali. In D. Baronciani, G. Bulfamante & F. Facchinetti (a cura di), La natimortalità: audit clinico e miglioramento della pratica assistenziale (pp. 133-139). Roma: Il Pensiero Scientifico.
• Rådestad, I., Malm, M. C., Lindgren, H., Pettersson, K., & Larsson, L. L. F. (2014). Being alone in silence-Mothers’ experiences upon confirmation of their baby’s death in utero. Midwifery, 30(3), 91-95.
• Samuelsson, M., Rådestad, I., & Segesten, K. (2001). A waste of life: Fathers’ experience of losing a child before birth. Birth, 28(2), 124-130.