Complicated grief associated with Hurricane Katrina

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 648-657

  Katherine Shear, M ^a   McLaughlin, Katie A ^b   Ghesquiere, Angela ^a   Gruber, Michael J ^c   Sampson, Nancy A ^c   Kessler, Ronald C ^c  

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

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

bereavement; complicated grief; disaster mental health; grief; loss; suicide

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; BEREAVEMENT RELATED ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; COMPLICATED GRIEF; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GRIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HURRICANE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NATURAL DISASTER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VICTIM; WORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTERS; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960961200     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20865     Document Type: Article

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