The many faces of depression following spousal bereavement

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 85-95

  Zisook, Sidney ^a   Paulus, Martin ^a   Shuchter, Stephen R ^a   Judd, Lewis L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODYNAMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEREAVEMENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 0030834214     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(97)00062-1     Document Type: Article

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