Follow-Up Outcome in Short-Term Group Therapy for Complicated Grief

Group Dynamics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 46-58

  Piper, William E ^a   Ogrodniczuk, John S ^a   Joyce, Anthony S ^b   Weideman, Rene ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

complicated grief; delayed recovery; follow up outcome; short term group therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 64049114009     PISSN: 10892699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013830     Document Type: Article

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