Is complicated grief a valid construct?

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 129-134

  Bonanno, George A ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Complicated grief; Validity

Indexed keywords

COMPLICATED GRIEF; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DISEASE DURATION; GRIEF; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NOTE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 33744536505     PISSN: 09695893     EISSN: 14682850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2850.2006.00014.x     Document Type: Note

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