The unique impact of late-life bereavement and prolonged grief on diurnal cortisol

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 4-11

  Holland, Jason M ^a   Rozalski, Vincent ^a   Thompson, Kara L ^a   Tiongson, Roanne Joy ^a   Schatzberg, Alan F ^b   O'Hara, Ruth ^b   Gallagher Thompson, Dolores ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Complicated grief; Death and dying; Salivary cortisol; Widowhood

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROCORTISONE; SALIVARY CORTISOL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CHEMISTRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPLICATED GRIEF.; DEATH AND DYING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SALIVA; WIDOW;

BIOMARKERS; COMPLICATED GRIEF.; DEATH AND DYING; SALIVARY CORTISOL; WIDOWHOOD;

AGED; BEREAVEMENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SALIVA; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 84894437074     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbt051     Document Type: Article

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