The removal of the bereavement exclusion in the DSM-5: Exploring the evidence

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Iglewicz, Alana ^a,b   Seay, Kathryn ^c   Zetumer, Samuel David ^a,b   Zisook, Sidney ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Veterans Medical Research Foundation of San Diego   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Bereavement exclusion; Diagnosis; DSM 5; Grief; Major depressive disorder; MDD; Mood disorders; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; BEREAVEMENT EXCLUSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DSM-5; DSM-III; DSM-III-R; DSM-IV-TR; GRIEF; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; DEPRESSION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

BEREAVEMENT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; GRIEF; HUMANS;

EID: 84893174305     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-013-0413-0     Document Type: Article

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