Health outcomes of bereavement
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Health outcomes of bereavement.
In this Review, we look at the relation between bereavement and physical and mental health. Although grief is not a disease and most people adjust without professional psychological intervention, bereavement is associated with excess risk of mortality, particularly in the early weeks and months after loss. It is related to decrements in physical health, indicated by presence of symptoms and ill...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Lancet
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0140-6736
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(07)61816-9