Complicated grief and bereavement in young adults following close friend and sibling loss

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1202-1210

  Herberman Mash, Holly B ^a   Fullerton, Carol S ^a   Ursano, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

bereavement; grief; mourning; sibling loss; young adult loss

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BEREAVEMENT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRIEND; GRIEF; HEALTH SYMPTOM CHECKLIST; HUMAN; INVENTORY OF COMPLICATED GRIEF; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUALITY OF RELATIONSHIP INVENTORY; SIBLING; SOCIAL BELIEF; WORLD ASSUMPTION SCALE;

BEREAVEMENT; GRIEF; MOURNING; SIBLING LOSS; YOUNG ADULT LOSS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FRIENDS; GRIEF; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SIBLING RELATIONS; SIBLINGS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889884429     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.22068     Document Type: Article

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