Mourning after perinatal death: Prevalence symptoms and treatment - A review of the literature;Trauerverarbeitung nach prä- und perinatalverlust: Prävalenz, klinisches bild und behandlung - Eine übersicht über den aktuellen forschungsstand

PPmP Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 4-11

  Scheidt, Carl Eduard ^a,b   Waller, Nicola ^a   Wangler, Jutta ^a   Hasenburg, Anette ^a   Kersting, Anette ^a  

^a Abteilung Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attachment; Grief reaction; Miscarriage; Perinatal loss; Psychosomatic gynaecology; Psychotherapeutic intervention; Secondary prevention

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; GRIEF; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MOURNING; PERINATAL DEATH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 33846820537     PISSN: 09372032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-951906     Document Type: Review

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