Complicated grief and the reconstruction of meaning: Conceptual and empirical contributions to a cognitive-constructivist model

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 141-145

  Neimeyer, Robert A ^a  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioral therapy; Complicated grief; Constructivism; Self narrative

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ANXIETY; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; BEREAVEMENT; COGNITION; COMPLICATED GRIEF; DEPRESSION; GRIEF; HUMAN; MEMORY; MODEL; MOTHER; NARRATIVE; NOTE;

EID: 33744516863     PISSN: 09695893     EISSN: 14682850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2850.2006.00016.x     Document Type: Note

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