Complicated grief and related bereavement issues for DSM-5

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 103-117

  Shear, M Katherine ^a,b   Simon, Naomi ^c   Wall, Melanie ^a,d   Zisook, Sidney ^e   Neimeyer, Robert ^f   Duan, Naihua ^a,d   Reynolds, Charles ^g,h   Lebowitz, Barry ⁱ   Sung, Sharon ^j   Ghesquiere, Angela ^a   Gorscak, Bonnie ^k   Clayton, Paula ^l   Ito, Masaya ^m   Nakajima, Satomi ^m   Konishi, Takako ⁿ   Melhem, Nadine ^h   Meert, Kathleen ^o   Schiff, Miriam ^p   O'Connor, Mary Frances ^q   First, Michael ^d   Sareen, Jitender ^r   Bolton, James ^r   Skritskaya, Natalia ^a   Mancini, Anthony D ^s   Keshaviah, Aparna ^j   more..

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

^b College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^c Massachusatts General Hospital   (United States)

^d NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f University of Memphis   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k Massachusetts General Hospital ^*

^l American Foundation for Suicide Prevention   (United States)

^m NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

ⁿ MUSASHINO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^o WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^p HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^q UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^s PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

complicated grief; diagnostic criteria; dimensional assessment; DSM 5; stress response disorder

Indexed keywords

BEREAVEMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPLICATED GRIEF; DISABILITY; GRIEF; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 79551625648     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20780     Document Type: Review

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