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Experienced Trauma Through Loss

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Our understanding of trauma, confirmed by the literature review primarily associates it with fundamental experiences of loss (Klein, 1952, 1955). This chapter utilises relevant theoretical approaches in order to discuss the ways participants may have experienced traumatic aspects of Covid-19 in various domains of life that have been influenced by the April 2020 lockdowns and the consequent quarantine and social isolation measures. The thematic categories revealed in this section relate to consequences of trauma through: (a) symbiosis, (b) isolation and (c) disruption of time continuity. Trauma is also discussed as a collective experience which has been subsequently categorised through shared experiences of (a) denial of loss and (b) acceptance of loss. This chapter empirically analyses what this pandemic means to the participants of the study by focusing on trauma associated with various experiences of loss.

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  • 09 February 2023

    The book was inadvertently published with an incorrect spelling of the author’s name as Anathasia Chalari. The correct name Athanasia Chalari has been updated.

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  1. Hellenic Observatory, London School of Economics , London, UK

    Athanasia Chalari

  2. University of Essex, Colchester, UK

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Chalari, A., Koutantou, E.E. (2022). Experienced Trauma Through Loss. In: Psycho-Social Approaches to the Covid-19 Pandemic. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07831-6_6

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