Do patients with psychosis experience loss and grief as a result of their illness?

Psychoanalytic Social Work

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-39

  Wittmann, Daniela ^a   Smith, Paul ^b   Rajarethinam, R P ^c   Foley, Sallie ^a   VanBrussel, Amy ^c   Phillip, Beena ^c   Keshavan, Matcheri ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Abaris Behavioral Health   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Grief; Loss; Psychosis; Schizophrenia; Suicidality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951285627     PISSN: 15228878     EISSN: 15229033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15228871003676622     Document Type: Article

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