Complicated grief as a disorder distinct from bereavement-related depression and anxiety: A replication study

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 153, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1484-1486

  Prigerson, Holly G ^a   Bierhals, Andrew J ^b   Kasl, Stanislav V ^b   Reynolds III, Charles F ^b   Shear, M Katherine ^b   Newsom, Jason T ^b   Jacobs, Selby ^b  

^a Bellefield Towers   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOURNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WIDOW;

EID: 0029858498     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.153.11.1484     Document Type: Article

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