Cited by 112Grief, Bereavement, and Mental HealthDeath, Funerary Practices, and MourningPosttraumatic Stress Disorder Research

Trajectories of grief: Comparing symptoms from the DSM‐5 and ICD‐11 diagnoses

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Bonanno, George A., Malgaroli, Matteo·2020·Depression and Anxiety

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BACKGROUND: Diagnostic criteria for prolonged grief have appeared in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ( DSM-5; persistent complex bereavement disorder, PCBD) and in the ICD-11 (prolonged grief disorder, PGD), and the question of which diagnosis is most clinically useful has been hotly debated. This study provides the first longitudinal comparison of PCBD and PGD in their ability to capture symptom change over time and their relation to long-term outcomes. METHODS: A community sample was recruited consisting of 282 individuals who had recently lost a spouse. Structured clinical interviews were conducted at 3, 14, and 25 months postloss for symptoms corresponding to PCBD and PGD criteria. Outcomes at 25 months included PCBD and PGD caseness, depression, global functioning, and interviewer ratings of participant suffering. RESULTS: PCBD and PGD trajectories determined by growth mixture modeling, each captured three primary outcomes: resilience, moderate-improving symptoms, and prolonged-stable symptoms. The PGD solution also identified trajectories of increasing and decreasing distress: prolonged-worsening and acute-recovering symptoms. Prediction of 25-month outcomes indicated differences conforming to the severity of PGD symptoms, and the prolonged-worsening trajectory was associated with the worst adjustment. CONCLUSIONS: PGD symptoms were more differentiated, better-captured psychopathology, and other outcomes and were more sensitive to change over time compared to PCBD.

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Authors
Bonanno, G. A., & Malgaroli, M.
Affiliations
  • Columbia University (US)
  • NYU Langone Health (US)
Corresponding author
Malgaroli, Matteo
Venue
Depression and Anxiety
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2019-04-22
Volume
37
Issue
1
Pages
17-25
ISSN
  • 1091-4269 (ISSN-L)
  • 1520-6394
OpenAlex
W2940562573
Cited by
112
References
39
Citations by year
2026: 13 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 21 · 2023: 21 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 16 · 2019: 2
FWCI
12.27
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Depression and Anxiety (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH091034)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
Keywords
prolonged grief disorder, grief trajectories, DSM-5, ICD-11, diagnostic criteria comparison, symptom change over time, depression, global functioning, resilience
MeSH terms
Bereavement, Death, Depression, Female, Grief, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Psychopathology, Spouses, International Classification of Diseases, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

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