Prolonged Grief Disorder: Addressing Misconceptions With Evidence.
Prolonged Grief Disorder
misconceptions
misinformation
stigma, complicated grief
Journal
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
ISSN: 1545-7214
Titre abrégé: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9309609
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
03 Nov 2023
03 Nov 2023
Historique:
received:
06
09
2023
revised:
24
10
2023
accepted:
25
10
2023
medline:
25
11
2023
pubmed:
25
11
2023
entrez:
24
11
2023
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
There are many misconceptions about Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD). We show with data that PGD is a diagnosis that applies to a rare few of mourners who are at risk of significant distress and dysfunction. Those mourners who meet criteria for PGD have been shown to benefit from specialized, targeted treatment for it. The case against PGD is empirically unsubstantiated, and the need for scientific examination of effective treatments is warranted.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38001019
pii: S1064-7481(23)00469-4
doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2023.10.020
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
DISCLOSURES No disclosures to report. This work was supported, in part, by the following grants from theNational Institute of Health (NIH): R35 CA197730(HGP) andR01 CA106370(HGP) from theNational Cancer Institute; R21 MD017704(HGP) from theNational Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities;NR018693(HGP) from theNational Institute of Nursing Research; andR01 MH63892(HGP) andR01 MH56529(HGP) from theNational Institute of Mental Health. The funders (NIH institutes) neither had input nor influence on the preparation of this manuscript and the views presented are exclusively those of the authors.