DSM-5 grief scorecard: Assessment and outcomes of proposals to pathologize grief

World Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 171-173

  Wakefield, Jerome C ^a,b,c,d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; BEREAVEMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; DSM-5; GRIEF; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 84878572562     PISSN: 17238617     EISSN: 20515545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wps.20053     Document Type: Letter

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