Prolonged, but not complicated, grief is a mental disorder.

Prolonged, but not complicated, grief is a mental disorder.

Title
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2017
AuthorsMaciejewski PK, Prigerson HG
JournalBr J Psychiatry
Volume211
Issue4
Pagination189-191
Date Published2017 Oct
ISSN1472-1465
KeywordsDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Grief, Humans, International Classification of Diseases, Mental Disorders
Abstract

The DSM and ICD have taken steps to introduce a grief disorder as a new diagnostic entity. Evidence justifies the inclusion of prolonged grief disorder, but not complicated grief, as a new mental disorder.

DOI10.1192/bjp.bp.116.196238
Alternate JournalBr J Psychiatry
PubMed ID28970298

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