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. 2018 Jun 6;8(Suppl 6):1476441.
doi: 10.1080/20008198.2018.1476441. eCollection 2017.

Prolonged grief disorder for ICD-11: the primacy of clinical utility and international applicability

Clare Killikelly  1 , Andreas Maercker  1
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Prolonged grief disorder for ICD-11: the primacy of clinical utility and international applicability

Clare Killikelly et al. Eur J Psychotraumatol. .

Abstract
in English, Spanish, Chinese

A new mental health disorder, prolonged grief disorder (PGD), will be included in the 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). We provide a brief overview of the historical conceptualizations of disordered grief and the previous research efforts to assess and define this condition. We describe the new ICD-11 PGD symptom criteria and how they are conceptualized in terms of the World Health Organization's call for improved clinical utility. Finally, we review the research evidence for the clinical utility of the new ICD-11 PGD symptom structure and usability in the international arena.

El nuevo trastorno mental, trastorno por duelo prolongado (TDP), será incluido en la decimoprimera edición de la Clasificación Internacional de Enfermedades (CIE-11). Se presenta una breve revisión general de las conceptualizaciones históricas del duelo patológico y los esfuerzos previos en materia de investigación para evaluar y definir esta condición. Se describen los nuevos criterios sintomáticos de CIE-11 para TDP y cómo son conceptualizados en relación al llamado de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) para favorecer la utilidad clínica. Finalmente, se revisa la evidencia de investigaciones sobre la utilidad clínica de la estructura sintomática del nuevo TDP de la CIE-11 y su aplicabilidad en la esfera internacional.

国际疾病分类第11版（ICD-11）将包括一个新的心理健康障碍——延长哀伤障碍（PGD）。 我们简要概述了哀伤障碍的历史概念，以及前期评估和定义这种情况的研究工作。 我们描述了新的ICD-11 PGD症状标准，以及如何根据世界卫生组织（WHO）改善临床实用性的呼吁对其进行概念化。 最后，我们回顾了新的ICD-11 PGD症状结构的临床应用，及其在国际范围内使用性的研究证据。.

Keywords: 11th edition; International Classification of Diseases; World Health Organization; clinical utility; international applicability; prolonged grief disorder; • We present the new ICD-11 diagnostic criteria for prolonged grief disorder.• We discuss the WHO’s prioritization of clinical utility and how this shaped the new diagnostic criteria.• We review prior and current research evidence supporting the new diagnostic criteria.• We introduce new directions in cross-cultural applicability of the new PGD criteria..

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