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

Prolonged, but not complicated, grief is a mental disorder

Paul K Maciejewski  1 , Holly G Prigerson  2
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Editorial

Prolonged, but not complicated, grief is a mental disorder

Paul K Maciejewski et al. Br J Psychiatry. 2017 Oct.

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.

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Declaration of interestThe authors have no conflicts of interest.

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  • Correspondence.
    Xenitidis K, Campbell C. Xenitidis K, et al. Br J Psychiatry. 2018 Jan;212(1):59-60. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2017.48. Br J Psychiatry. 2018. PMID: 30620263 No abstract available.

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