Autobiographical memory specificity and symptoms of complicated grief, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder following loss

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 331-337

  Boelen, Paul A ^a   Huntjens, Rafaele J C ^b   Van Deursen, Denise S ^c   Van Den Hout, Marcel A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Complicated grief; Depression; Overgeneral memory; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; BEREAVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 77955981999     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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