Repetitive thought: Rumination in complicated grief

Complicated Grief: Scientific Foundations for Health Care Professionals

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 162-175

  Watkins, Edward R ^a   Moulds, Michelle L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 84906716185     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203105115     Document Type: Chapter

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