Complicated grief and related bereavement issues for DSM-5

Depression and Anxiety - Tập 28 Số 2 - Trang 103-117 - 2011
M. Katherine Shear1,2, Naomi M. Simon3, Melanie M. Wall4,5, Sidney Zisook6, Robert A. Neimeyer7, Naihua Duan4,5, Charles F. Reynolds8,9, Barry D. Lebowitz10, Sharon C. Sung3, Angela Ghesquiere1, Bonnie Gorscak11, Paula J. Clayton12, Masaya Ito13, Satomi Nakajima13, Takako Konishi14, Nadine Melhem15, Kathleen L. Meert16, Miriam Schiff17, Mary‐Frances O'Connor18, Michael B. First19, Jitender Sareen20, James M. Bolton20, Natalia Skritskaya21, Anthony D. Mancini22, Aparna Keshaviah23
1Columbia University School of Social Work, New York, New York
2Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York
3Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders and Complicated Grief Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
4Departments of Biostatistics and Psychiatry at Columbia University, New York, New York
5Division of Biostatistics and Data Coordination at New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York
6Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego and Veterans Affairs San Diego Health Care System, La Jolla, California
7Department of Psychology, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee
8Department of Community and Behavioral Health Science, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
9Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
10Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
11Private practice, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
12American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, New York, New York
13Department of Adult Mental Health, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan
14Department of Human Studies, Musashino University, Tokyko, Japan
15University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
16Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
17Paul Baerwald School of Social Work, Hebrew University, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel
18Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, California
19Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, New York
20University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
21School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, New York
22Department of Psychology, Pace University, Pleasantville, New York
23Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

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