Outcomes of bereavement care among widowed older adults with complicated grief and depression

Journal of Primary Care and Community Health

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 256-264

  Ghesquiere, Angela ^a   Katherine Shear, M ^b   Duan, Naihua ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Complicated grief; Depression; Primary care; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; COMPLICATED GRIEF; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRIEF; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; UTILIZATION; WIDOW;

BEREAVEMENT; COMPLICATED GRIEF; DEPRESSION; PRIMARY CARE; UTILIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BEREAVEMENT; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GRIEF; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RELIGION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 84905545832     PISSN: 21501319     EISSN: 21501327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2150131913481231     Document Type: Article

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