The importance of harmonising diagnostic criteria sets for pathological grief.
Lonneke I M LenferinkPaul A BoelenGeert E SmidMuirne C S PaapPublished in: The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science (2019)
Five diagnostic criteria sets for pathological grief are currently used in research. Studies evaluating their performance indicate that it is not justified to generalise findings regarding prevalence rates and predictive validity across studies using different diagnostic criteria of pathological grief. We provide recommendations to move the bereavement field forward.
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