Child survivors of parental death from cancer or suicide: Depressive and behavioral outcomes

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-10

  Pfeffer, Cynthia R ^a,c   Karus, Daniel ^b   Siegel, Karolynn ^b   Jiang, Hong ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ANHEDONIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEREAVEMENT; CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOLOGY; SUICIDE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NEOPLASMS; PATERNAL DEPRIVATION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SUICIDE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0033963099     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(200001/02)9:1<1::AID-PON430>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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