Uncomplicated Depression, Suicide Attempt, and the DSM-5 Bereavement Exclusion Debate: An Empirical Evaluation

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 37-49

  Wakefield, Jerome C ^a   Schmitz, Mark F ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bereavement exclusion; depression; DSM 5; grief; suicide attempt

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890190391     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731513495092     Document Type: Article

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