Prolonged, but not complicated, grief is a mental disorder

Br J Psychiatry. 2017 Oct;211(4):189-191. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.116.196238.

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.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
  • Grief*
  • Humans
  • International Classification of Diseases
  • Mental Disorders / diagnosis*