Complicated grief therapy as a new treatment approach

Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 159-166

  Wetherell, Julie Loebach ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Cognitive behavior therapy; Psychotherapy; Traumatic grief; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPLICATED GRIEF; COMPLICATED GRIEF THERAPY; GRIEF; HUMAN; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; GRIEF; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84869431863     PISSN: 12948322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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