Grief and mourning gone awry: Pathway and course of complicated grief

Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 119-128

  Shear, M Katherine ^a  

^a Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Complicated grief; Depression; Grief; Mourning

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; COMPLICATED GRIEF; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMOTIONAL DEPRIVATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GRIEF; HUMAN; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; MENTAL DISEASE; MOURNING; RISK FACTOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BEREAVEMENT; GRIEF; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84869468340     PISSN: 12948322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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