Prolonged Grief and Post-traumatic Growth after Loss: Latent Class Analysis

Bereaved individuals may experience a variety of psychopathological symptoms (Kristensen et al., 2012) including a cluster of symptoms mostly recently defined as prolonged grief disorder (He et al., 2014; Maercker et al., 2013; Prigerson et al., 2009). Prolonged grief disorder is characterized by longing for or persistent preoccupation with the deceased, symptoms of emotional distress and functional impairment beyond six months after the loss of a loved one (Prigerson et al., 2009). This new disorder has been included in the beta draft of the 11th edition of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-11; Maercker et al., 2013).

Source: Psychiatry Research - June 6, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ningning Zhou, Wei Yu, Suqin Tang, Jianping Wang, Clare Killikelly Source Type: research