The DSM-5 and the bereavement exclusion: A call for critical evaluation

Social Work (United States)

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 277-280

  Thieleman, Kara ^a   Cacciatore, Joanne ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEREAVEMENT; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; GRIEF; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WORK;

BEREAVEMENT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; GRIEF; HUMANS; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 84882745755     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: 15456846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/swt021     Document Type: Note

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