Diagnostic and clinical considerations in prolonged grief disorder

Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 167-176

  Maercker, Andreas ^a   Lalor, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Complicated grief; Pathological grief; Post traumatic stress disorder; Prolonged grief disorder; Stress response disorder

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; DESIPRAMINE; ESCITALOPRAM; NORTRIPTYLINE; SERTRALINE;

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONSENSUS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DSM-III; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GRIEF; HOGAN GRIEF REACTION CHECKLIST; HUMAN; INVENTORY OF COMPLICATED GRIEF; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PROLONGED GRIEF DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; STRESS; SYMPTOM; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; GRIEF; HUMANS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84869421995     PISSN: 12948322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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