Comparison of two diagnostic systems for Complicated Grief

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 99, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 203-211

  Forstmeier, Simon ^a   Maercker, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Complicated Grief; Diagnostic systems; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATED GRIEF; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMPIRICISM; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOMETRY; STANDARDIZATION; SYMPTOM; URBAN POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SWITZERLAND; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33847025335     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2006.09.013     Document Type: Article

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