Hospitalization for Mental Illness among Parents after the Death of a Child
Open Access
- 24 March 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 352 (12), 1190-1196
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa033160
Abstract
The loss of a child is considered one of the most stressful events in the life of a parent. We hypothesized that parental bereavement increases the risk of hospital admission for a psychiatric disorder, especially for affective disorders.Keywords
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