1 in 8 MH17 relatives still struggling with complex grief 10 years after disaster

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    Ten years after flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board, one in eight surviving relatives are still struggling with complex grief. They still haven’t gotten used to their new situation and struggle with chronic complaints like insomnia, concentration problems, depression, post-traumatic stress disorders, and long-term serious grief disorders, special professor of bereavement Jos de Keijser from the University of Groningen told NOS.

    Period17-Jul-2024

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    • Title1 in 8 MH17 relatives still struggling with complex grief 10 years after disaster
      Degree of recognitionNational
      Media name/outletNL Times
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryNetherlands
      Date17/07/2024
      Description“One in eight surviving relatives belongs to the chronic group in which things continue to go badly,” De Keijser told NOS. “It also has to do with how you are put together. You don’t learn resilience in school.” He stressed that his findings do not apply to all surviving relatives. For his study, he worked with nearly 300 of the approximately 1,300 MH17 relatives.
      URLhttps://nltimes.nl/2024/07/17/1-8-mh17-relatives-still-struggling-complex-grief-10-years-disaster
      PersonsJos Keijser ,de