Recent trends in the treatment of prolonged grief

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-51

  Mancini, Anthony D ^a   Griffin, Paul ^a   Bonanno, George A ^b  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

bereavement; cognitive behavioral; efficacy; grief therapy; meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

BEREAVEMENT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EARLY INTERVENTION; EFFECT SIZE; FAMILY THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; GRIEF; HUMAN; INTERNET; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROLONGED GRIEF; REVIEW; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COUNSELING; GRIEF; HUMANS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 83155180183     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: 14736578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e32834de48a     Document Type: Review

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