A case for establishing complicated grief as a distinct mental disorder in DSM-V

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 637-662

  Lichtenthal, Wendy G ^a   Cruess, Dean G ^a   Prigerson, Holly G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual; Grief; Mental disorders; Taxonomies

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; BEREAVEMENT; COMPLICATED GRIEF; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GRIEF; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; PATHOLOGY; PHENOMENOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIST; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4644318395     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2004.07.002     Document Type: Article

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