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Comparative Study
. 2003 Jul;160(7):1339-41.
doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.160.7.1339.

Traumatic grief as a disorder distinct from bereavement-related depression and anxiety: a replication study with bereaved mental health care patients

Paul A Boelen  1 , Jan van den Bout, Jos de Keijser
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Comparative Study

Traumatic grief as a disorder distinct from bereavement-related depression and anxiety: a replication study with bereaved mental health care patients

Paul A Boelen et al. Am J Psychiatry. 2003 Jul.
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Abstract

Objective: Earlier studies have shown that symptoms of traumatic grief are distinct from those of bereavement-related depression and anxiety. This study was an attempt to replicate that finding.

Method: Data were derived from 103 patients. Traumatic grief was measured with the Inventory of Traumatic Grief. Depression and anxiety were measured with the Symptom Checklist. The distinctiveness of the three symptom clusters was determined with principal axis factoring.

Results: Symptoms of traumatic grief, depression, and anxiety clustered together in three distinct factors.

Conclusions: These results confirm the previous finding of a distinction between symptoms of traumatic grief and symptoms of bereavement-related depression and anxiety.

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