Am J Psychiatry 1985; 142:121-123
Copyright © 1985 by American Psychiatric Association
The impact of grief on ventilatory control
MS Jellinek, PD Goldenheim and MA Jenike
The authors studied ventilatory control in four parents grieving over the
death of an infant. Abnormalities in respiratory control were common and
resembled those previously reported in depressed patients. The results
raise questions about the relationship between affective state and
ventilatory control.
