Effects of loss from suicide, accidents, acute illness and chronic illness on bereaved spouses and parents in Japan: Their general health, depressive mood, and grief reaction

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 502-508

  Miyabayashi, Sachie ^a   Yasuda, Jin ^b  

^a MIYAGI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Accident; Bereavement; Depressive state; General health; Grief; Sudden death; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUDDEN DEATH; SUICIDE; SYMPTOM;

ACCIDENTS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SPOUSES; SUICIDE;

EID: 34548678444     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2007.01699.x     Document Type: Article

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