Impact of concurrent naturalistic pharmacotherapy on psychotherapy of complicated grief

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 159, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 31-36

  Simon, Naomi M ^a   Shear, M Katherine ^b   Fagiolini, Andrea ^c   Frank, Ellen ^c   Zalta, Alyson ^a   Thompson, Elizabeth H ^a   Reynolds III, Charles F ^c   Silowash, Russell ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Benzodiazepine; Complicated grief; Prolonged grief; Traumatic grief; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; TRAZODONE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42749084808     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.05.011     Document Type: Article

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