title: Grief as a psychiatric disorder.
abstract: The revisions DSM-5 and ICD-11 are attempting to describe psychopathological reactions to bereavement. The delineation between depressive disorder and normal bereavement-related depressed state lacks sufficient data to guide diagnostic development. In contrast, there is strong evidence for a diagnosis of prolonged grief that is distinguished from depression and involves marked impairment.
authors: School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia. r.bryant@unsw.edu.au
authors: Richard A
authors: RA
authors: Bryant
mesh_terms: D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans