Depression, bereavement, and "understandable" intense sadness: should the DSM-IV approach be revised?

Editorial

Mario Maj. Am J Psychiatry. 2008 Nov.

. 2008 Nov;165(11):1373-5.

doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.08071047.

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