Do clinical psychologists extend the bereavement exclusion for major depression to other stressful life events?

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 820-830

  Kim, Nancy S ^a   Paulus, Daniel J ^a   Nguyen, Thao P ^a   Gonzalez, Jeffrey S ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical reasoning; depression; diagnosis; judgment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MANPOWER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

BEREAVEMENT; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL;

EID: 84870532027     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X12443417     Document Type: Article

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