Hospitalization for mental illness among parents after the death of a child

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 352, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1190-1196

  Li, Jiong ^a   Laursen, Thomas Munk ^b   Precht, Dorthe Hansen ^c   Olsen, Jørn ^a,d   Mortensen, Preben Bo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MOOD DISORDER; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PARENTS; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 15444367034     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa033160     Document Type: Article

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