Grief in children and adolescents bereaved by sudden parental death

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 911-919

  Melhem, Nadine M ^a   Porta, Giovanna ^a   Shamseddeen, Wael ^b   Walker Payne, Monica ^a   Brent, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRIEF; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SUDDEN DEATH; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEATH, SUDDEN; DEPRESSION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052548717     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.101     Document Type: Article

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