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Prolonged Grief Disorder: Psychometric Validation of Criteria Proposed for DSM-V and ICD-11

PLoS Medicine · 2009 · Vol. 6(8) · pp. e1000121–e1000121

Holly G. Prigerson✉(Dana-Farber Cancer Institute)Mardi J. Horowitz(University of California, San Francisco)Selby Jacobs(Yale University)Colin Murray Parkes(St Christopher's Hospice)Mihaela Aslan(Yale University)Karl Goodkin(Cedars-Sinai Medical Center)Beverley Raphael(Western Sydney University)Samuel J. Marwit(University of Missouri–St. Louis)Camille B. Wortman(State University of New York)Robert A. Neimeyer(University of Memphis)George A. Bonanno(Columbia University)Susan D. Block(Harvard University)David W. Kissane(Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)Paul A. Boelen(Utrecht University)Andreas Maercker(University of Zurich)Brett T. Litz(National Center for PTSD)Jeffrey G. Johnson(Columbia University)Michael B. First(Columbia University)Paul K. Maciejewski(Dana-Farber Cancer Institute)

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Abstract

The criteria set for PGD appear able to identify bereaved persons at heightened risk for enduring distress and dysfunction. The results support the psychometric validity of the criteria for PGD that we propose for inclusion in DSM-V and ICD-11. Please see later in the article for Editors' Summary.

Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health Migration, Health and Trauma Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesGriefComplicated griefDistressDSM-5Clinical psychologyPsychologyPsychiatryFeelingMental healthSocial psychology

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AlgorithmsMental DisordersBereavementFemaleGriefHealth SurveysHumansMaleMiddle AgedPsychometricsReference ValuesSeverity of Illness IndexPatient SelectionInternational Classification of DiseasesDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders