A call for sound empirical testing and evaluation of criteria for complicated grief proposed for DSM-V

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-19

  Prigerson, Holly G ^a,b   Maciejewski, Paul K ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33645237295     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/ANKH-BB2H-D52N-X99Y     Document Type: Review

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