The Medicalization of Bereavement: (Ab)normal Grief in the DSM-5

Death Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 347-352

  Bandini, Julia ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEREAVEMENT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; GRIEF; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICALIZATION;

BEREAVEMENT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; GRIEF; HUMANS; MEDICAL OVERUSE; MEDICALIZATION;

EID: 84930475328     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2014.951498     Document Type: Article

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