ArticleEuropean journal of psychotraumatology2021
DSM-5-TR prolonged grief disorder and DSM-5 posttraumatic stress disorder are related, yet distinct: confirmatory factor analyses in traumatically bereaved people.
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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Treat Prolonged Grief Disorder: A Single-centre, Single-arm, Open-label Phase I/II Proof-of-concept and Feasibility Clinical Trial
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.
- Global prevalence of prolonged grief disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic under standardized diagnostic frameworks: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Psychological medicine · 2026Pooled it
- A suicide bereavement model: based on a meta-ethnography of the experiences of adult suicide loss survivors.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Depression and post-traumatic stress disorder after perinatal loss in fathers: A systematic review.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2022Pooled it
- Self-guided online treatment of disturbed grief, posttraumatic stress, and depression in adults bereaved during the COVID-19 pandemic: A randomized controlled trial.Behaviour research and therapy · 2023Trial
- Virtual rescripting after loss using deepfake technology in prolonged grief treatment: a study protocol for a multiple baseline design.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Article
- A preliminary validation of the traumatic grief inventory-kids-caregiver-report (TGI-K-CR).European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Article
- Association of Social Support With Complicated Grief and Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms Among Student Survivors of the Sewol Ferry Disaster: An Observational Longitudinal Study.Journal of Korean medical science · 2026Observational
- Prolonged grief and insomnia symptoms in cancer-bereaved parents: a latent class analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- Grief, depression and psychotic-like experiences among bereaved college students: the predictive role of attitudes towards death.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Article
- Loss-Related Characteristics and Symptoms of Depression, Prolonged Grief, and Posttraumatic Stress Following Suicide Bereavement.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Mental Health Symptoms among General Practitioners Facing the Acute Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Detecting Different Reaction Groups.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Prevalence, Factor Structure and Correlates of DSM-5-TR Criteria for Prolonged Grief Disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- The effect of intimate partner violence on treatment response in an intensive outpatient program for suicide-bereaved military widows.Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2022Article
- A Latent Class Analysis on Symptoms of Prolonged Grief, Post-Traumatic Stress, and Depression Following the Loss of a Loved One.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Prolonged Grief in Refugees Seeking Treatment for PTSD: Comorbidity with Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms and Network Structure.Clinical psychology & psychotherapyArticle
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Abstract
Background: Prolonged grief disorder (PGD) is newly included in the text revision of the DSM-5 (DSM-5-TR). So far, it is unknown if DSM-5-TR PGD is distinguishable from bereavement-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Prior research examining the distinctiveness of PTSD and pathological grief focused on non-traumatic loss samples, used outdated conceptualizations of grief disorders, and has provided mixed results. Objective: In a large sample of traumatically bereaved people, we first evaluated the factor structure of PTSD and PGD separately and then evaluated the factor structure when combining PTSD and PGD symptoms to examine the distinctiveness between the two syndromes. Methods: Self-reported data were used from 468 people bereaved due to the MH17 plane disaster ( Results: For PTSD, a seven factor, so-called 'Hybrid' model yielded the best fit. For PGD, a univariate factor model fits the data well. A combined model with PGD items loading on one factor and PTSD items on seven factors (associations between PGD and PTSD subscales Conclusions: This is the first study examining the factor structure of DSM-5-TR PGD and DSM-5 PTSD in people confronted with a traumatic loss. The findings provide support that PGD constitutes a syndrome distinguishable from, yet related with, PTSD.
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