Prolonged grief: Where to after Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition?

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 21-26

  Bryant, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

5th Edition; diagnosis; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; grief; prolonged grief

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; BEREAVEMENT; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; DSM-5; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GRIEF; HUMAN; ICD-11; PROLONGED GRIEF; REVIEW;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; GRIEF; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84889889226     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: 14736578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0000000000000031     Document Type: Review

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