Post-traumatic growth and bereavement

Mortality

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 226-244

  Gerrish, Nick ^a   Dyck, Murray J ^b   Marsh, Ali ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Grief; Major depressive disorder; Post traumatic growth; Post traumatic stress disorder; Prolonged grief disorder

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950770463     PISSN: 13576275     EISSN: 14699885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576270903017032     Document Type: Article

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