Identifying prolonged grief reactions in children: dimensional and diagnostic approaches.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Children with prolonged grief reactions (PGR) have been found to be at increased risk for depression and functional impairment. Identifying and diagnosing PGR in children is challenging, as there are no available dimensional measures with established thresholds and no diagnostic criteria in the DSM-IV. We examine thresholds for the Inventory for Complicated Grief-Revised for Children (ICG-RC) and compare this dimensional approach to the proposed DSM-5 criteria for Persistent Complex Bereavement-Related Disorder. We also identify a screening tool for PGR.

Method

Parentally bereaved children and adolescents, 8 through 17 years of age, were assessed at 9, 21, and 33 months after parental death. Receiver operating characteristics were used to establish the "best thresh

SUBMITTER: Melhem NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3664016 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature