Children's reactions to parental and sibling death

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-120

  Sood, Aradhana Bela ^b   Razdan, Amit ^b   Weller, Elizabeth B ^a   Weller, Ronald A ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; BEREAVEMENT COUNSELING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FAMILY THERAPY; GRIEF; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING RELATION; SUICIDAL IDEATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; COGNITION; CULTURE; HUMANS; PARENTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 33645578142     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-006-0008-0     Document Type: Review

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