Prolonged grief disorder as a new diagnostic category in DSM-5

Complicated Grief: Scientific Foundations for Health Care Professionals

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 85-98

  Boelen, Paul A ^a   Prigerson, Holly G ^b,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 84883559968     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203105115     Document Type: Chapter

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