Differentiating PGD from MDD
differentiating PGD from MDD
Differentiating PGD from MDD
differentiating PGD from MDD
Multiple factors appear to increase the risk of PGD, including depression, anxiety disorders, current substance use/abuse, multiple losses, particularly stressful circumstances surrounding the death, lack of social supports, uncertainty about the death, and the unavailability of usual mourning rituals.
depression, anxiety disorders, current substance use/abuse, multiple losses, particularly stressful circumstances surrounding the death, lack of social supports, uncertainty about the death, the unavailability of usual mourning rituals
lasts well beyond the period expected by social and cultural norms (6 months in ICD-11 and 1 year in DSM-5-TR)
1 year in DSM-5-TR
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