Anxiety among widowed elders: Is it distinct from depression and grief?

Anxiety

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-12

  Prigerson, Holly G ^a,d   Shear, M Katherine ^a   Newsom, Jason T ^b   Frank, Ellen ^a   Reynolds III, Charles F ^a   Maciejewski, Paul K ^c   Houck, Patricia R ^a   Bierhals, Andrew J ^a   Kupfer, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^d Bellefield Towers   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Death, nosology; Geriatrics; Mood disorders; Psychological trauma; Separation anxiety

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CLASSIFICATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRIEF; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SEPARATION ANXIETY; STATISTICS; WIDOW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; BEREAVEMENT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 0030321091     PISSN: 10709797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-7154(1996)2:1<1::AID-ANXI1>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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