Bereavement reactions among homosexual men experiencing multiple losses in the AIDS epidemic
American Journal of PsychiatryPublished 1 October 1992
Richard Neugebauer, Judith G. Rabkin, Janet B. W. Williams, Robert H. Remien, Rudolf Goetz, Jack M. Gorman
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Changes in normative expectations regarding AIDS deaths and mobilization against AIDS within the gay community may account for the lack of association between the number of losses resulting from AIDS and the presence of depressive symptoms and depressive disorder.
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Changes in normative expectations regarding AIDS deaths and mobilization against AIDS within the gay community may account for the lack of association between the number of losses resulting from AIDS and the presence of depressive symptoms and depressive disorder.
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