Suicide bereavement and complicated grief

Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 177-186

  Young, Ilanit Tal ^a   Iglewicz, Alana ^a,b   Glorioso, Danielle ^a,b   Lanouette, Nicole ^a,b   Seay, Kathryn ^a,c   Ilapakurti, Manjusha ^a   Zisook, Sidney ^a,b  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Complicated grief; Grief; Suicide; Suicide bereavement

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; GRIEF; GUILT; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RESPONSIBILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIGMA; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SUPPORT GROUP; SURVIVOR;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; BEREAVEMENT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; GRIEF; HUMANS; LONELINESS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84869439974     PISSN: 12948322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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