Treatment of complicated grief in elderly persons: A randomized clinical trial

JAMA Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1287-1295

  Shear, M Katherine ^a,b   Wang, Yuanjia ^c   Skritskaya, Natalia ^b   Duan, Naihua ^d   Mauro, Christine ^c   Ghesquiere, Angela ^e  

^a Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgn ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c Hunter College of the City University of New York ^*  (United States)

^d NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; COMPLICATED GRIEF; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRIEF; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL PSYCHOTHERAPY; INVENTORY OF COMPLICATED GRIEF; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED STATES; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGING; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; AGING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84920576596     PISSN: 2168622X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2014.1242     Document Type: Article

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