Is pathological grief lasting more than 12 months grief or depression?

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 41-46

  Bryant, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; DSM 5; Grief; ICD 11; Prolonged grief

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; BEREAVEMENT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; DSM-5; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; GRIEF; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ICD-11; MORBIDITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PROLONGED GRIEF DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SOCIAL DISABILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

BEREAVEMENT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; GRIEF; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; PSYCHOMETRICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84870903566     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: 14736578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e32835b2ca2     Document Type: Review

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