THE INTEGRATION OF STRESSFUL LIFE EXPERIENCES SCALE AND THE INVENTORY OF COMPLICATED SPIRITUAL GRIEF: THE ITALIAN VALIDATION OF TWO INSTRUMENTS FOR MEANING-FOCUSED ASSESSMENTS OF BEREAVEMENT

The Integration of Stressful Life Experiences Scale and the Inventory of Complicated Spiritual Grief: The Italian Validation of Two Instruments for Meaning-Focused Assessments of Bereavement

Background: Bereavement is an inevitable event that can cause pain, discomfort, and negative consequences in daily life.Spirituality and religiosity can help people cope with loss and bereavement.Sometimes, however, the death of a loved one can challenge core religious beliefs and faith, which has been found to be a risk factor for prolonged mourni

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Infratemporal fibrolipoma in a 9-year-old female patient

Fibrolipoma (FL) is a rare subtype of a benign neoplasm as of lipoma, as well as being rarely present in the maxillo-facial area.The reported case is a significant cause for the natural history click here description of FL development in skull base in childhood.The authors report the case of a female patient, aged 9.In the case reported by us, duri

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Gender Policies in Post-Genocide Rwanda

In this article, we argue that the gender policies implemented by the Government of Rwanda have been introduced in order to strengthen the democratic credentials of the regime in the eyes of international donors.In order to do so, we have structured the paper in three parts.First, the article examines the political structure of Rwanda, highlighting

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