Performance of DSM-5 Persistent Complex Bereavement Disorder Criteria in a Community Sample of Bereaved Military Family Members.

CONCLUSIONS: The DSM-5 persistent complex bereavement disorder criteria accurately exclude nonclinical, normative grief, but also exclude nearly half of clinical cases, whereas complicated grief criteria exclude nonclinical cases while identifying more than 90% of clinical cases. The authors conclude that significant modification is needed to improve case identification by DSM-5 persistent complex bereavement disorder diagnostic criteria. Complicated grief criteria are superior in accurately identifying clinically impairing grief.
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Source: The American Journal of Psychiatry - May 23, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Cozza SJ, Fisher JE, Mauro C, Zhou J, Ortiz CD, Skritskaya N, Wall MM, Fullerton CS, Ursano RJ, Shear MK Tags: Am J Psychiatry Source Type: research