On the classification and diagnosis of pathological grief

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-75

  Stroebe, Margaret ^a   Van Son, Maarten ^a   Stroebe, Wolfgang ^a   Kleber, Rolf ^a   Schut, Henk ^a   Van Den Bout, Jan ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GRIEF; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THEORY;

EID: 0033971779     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7358(98)00089-0     Document Type: Article

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