Does Bereavement-Related Major Depression Differ From Major Depression Associated With Other Stressful Life Events?
- 1 November 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 165 (11) , 1449-1455
- https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.07111757
Abstract
Objective: Of the stressful life events influencing risk for major depression, DSM-III and DSM-IV assign a special status to bereavement. A depressive episode that is bereavement-related and has cl...Keywords
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