The psychological symptoms of conjugal bereavement in elderly men over the first 13 months

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 241-251

  Byrne, G J A ^a   Raphael, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Anxiety; Bereavement; Depression; Distress; Elderly; Grief; Loneliness; Suicide; Widowers

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; GRIEF; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONELINESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SLEEP DISORDER; SPOUSE; SUICIDE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AUSTRALIA; BEREAVEMENT; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; GRIEF; HUMANS; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 0030892729     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199702)12:2<241::AID-GPS590>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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