Childhood bereavement: Psychopathology in the 2 years postparental death

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 681-690

  Cerel, Julie ^a   Fristad, Mary A ^b   Verducci, Joseph ^b   Weller, Ronald A ^c   Weller, Elizabeth B ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d 627 Patterson Office Tower ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Childhood depression; Life events

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEPRESSION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33744783936     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.chi.0000215327.58799.05     Document Type: Article

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