Healio (9/24) reported, “Prolonged grief disorder will be included in the DSM-5-TR set to be released in March 2022,” the American Psychiatric Association announced in a Sept. 23 press release. According to Healio, “after a two-year process of review and public comment, APA’s board of trustees and assembly approved this DSM addition last fall.” In the release, APA President Vivian B. Pender, MD, said, “The circumstances in which we are living, with more than 675,000 deaths due to COVID, may make prolonged grief disorder more prevalent.” For his part, APA CEO and medical director Saul Levin, MD, MPA, stated, “Including prolonged grief disorder in the DSM-5-TR will mean that mental health clinicians and patients and families alike share an understanding of what normal grief looks like and what might indicate a long-term problem.”
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— “DSM-5-TR to include prolonged grief disorder, Healio, September 24, 2021