Prolonged Grief Disorder

Prolonged Grief Disorder : Diagnostic, Assessment, and TreatmentConsiderationsAlexander H. Jordan and Brett T. LitzVA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, and Boston University School of MedicineNormative bereavement reactions are contrasted with Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD). Diagnosticcriteria for PGD are reviewed. PGD is distinguished from other problems occurring after loss,namely depression and PTSD. Assessment approaches are described. Recent clinical trials arereviewed, and recommendations for the psychotherapeutic treatment of PGD are developed.

or “V” codes acknowledging bereavement as a possible focus of clinical attention or as a reason that individuals may seek mental health care. A working group for the next edition of the ICD recently recommended adding a diagnosis of PGD to ICD-11 (Maercker et al., 2013). The group recommended diagnostic criteria (see Table

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