Prolonged Grief Symptoms and Growth in the First 2 Years of Bereavement: Evidence for a Nonlinear Association

Traumatology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 65-71

  Currier, Joseph M ^a   Holland, Jason M ^b   Neimeyer, Robert A ^c  

^a Fuller Theological Seminary ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety disorders; consequences of trauma; other diagnoses (e.g., depression substance abuse); posttraumatic stress disorder; PTSD TBI; survey; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869793402     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534765612438948     Document Type: Article

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