Prolonged grief: Setting the research agenda

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Rosner, Rita ^a  

^a Department of Clinical and Biological Psychology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Complicated grief; Dissemination; Prolonged grief; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944035213     PISSN: 20008198     EISSN: 20008066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ejpt.v6.27303     Document Type: Article

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