Grief and depression: Treatment decisions for bereaved children and adults

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 166, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 746-748

  Shear, M Katherine ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ANGER; ANXIETY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPLICATED GRIEF; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GRIEF; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; REWARD; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG THERAPY; GRIEF; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649935633     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09050698     Document Type: Editorial

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