The Distinctiveness of Grief, Depression, and Posttraumatic Stress: Lessons From Children After 9/11

The clinical and nosological significance of grief reactions in youth exposed to a shared trauma (9/11, the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States) was tested by examining whether the predictors (ie, non-loss-related trauma versus traumatic bereavement), clinical correlates, factorial structure, and phenomenology of grief reactions are distinct from those of major depressive disorder (MDD) and 9/11-related posttraumatic stress...