Traumatic grief: A case of loss-induced trauma

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 154, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1003-1009

  Prigerson, Holly G ^a,b   Shear, M Katherine ^a   Frank, Ellen ^a   Beery, Laurel C ^a   Silberman, Rebecca ^a   Prigerson, Joyce ^a   Reynolds III, Charles F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FLUOXETINE; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEATH; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MARRIAGE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0030968665     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.154.7.1003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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