Complicated grief among individuals with major depression: Prevalence, comorbidity, and associated features

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 134, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 453-458

  Sung, Sharon C ^a   Dryman, M Taylor ^a   Marks, Elizabeth ^a   Shear, M Katherine ^b,c   Ghesquiere, Angela ^b   Fava, Maurizio ^a   Simon, Naomi M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^c Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Complicated grief; Major depression; Prolonged grief; Traumatic grief

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; COMORBIDITY; COMPLICATED GRIEF; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BEREAVEMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PANIC DISORDER; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 80052471607     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2011.05.017     Document Type: Article

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