Beyond normality in the study of bereavement: Heterogeneity in depression outcomes following loss in older adults

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1987-1994

  Galatzer Levy, Isaac R ^a   Bonanno, George A ^b  

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

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Depression; Emotional stability; Latent class growth analysis; Resilience; U.S.A

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ETIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; HETEROGENEITY; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GRIEF; HUMAN; ILLNESS TRAJECTORY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROSIS; PREDICTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; BEREAVEMENT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860437309     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.02.022     Document Type: Article

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