Psychiatric News (2/15) reports, “As many as 7% of U.S. veterans were found to have a positive screen for prolonged grief disorder,” investigators concluded in a study that “analyzed data from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study, which surveyed a nationally representative sample of 2,441 U.S. veterans.” After adjusting for confounding factors, the study team found that “veterans with prolonged grief disorder were five to nine times more likely to screen positive for PTSD, major depressive disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder,” and “after additional adjustment for current psychiatric and substance use disorders, veterans were two to three times more likely to endorse suicidal thoughts and behaviors.” The findings were published online Feb. 13 ahead of print in the American Journal Of Geriatric Psychiatry.
Related Links:
— “Prolonged Grief Disorder Among Veterans Linked to Risk of Other Psychiatric Disorders, Suicide, Psychiatric News, February 15, 2023