Relation between duration and severity in bereavement-related depression

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 487-494

  Wakefield, J C ^a,b,c,d   Schmitz, M F ^c,e   Baer, J C ^c,f  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Rutgers The State University of New Jersey ^*  (United States)

^e TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Depression; Diagnosis; Duration; Grief

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VALIDITY;

ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81255168130     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2011.01768.x     Document Type: Article

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