Traumatic loss, complicated grief, and terrorism

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 277-288

  Pivar, Ilona L ^a   Prigerson, Holly G ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Collective grief; Culture; Gender; Genocide; Holocaust; Violent deaths

Indexed keywords

BEREAVEMENT; COMMUNITY; CRIME; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXPERIENCE; GENDER; GRIEF; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOURNING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW; TERRORISM; VICTIM; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 18044391337     PISSN: 10926771     EISSN: 1545083X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J146v09n01_34     Document Type: Article

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