Grief in the DSM-5 -The Most Recent Diagnostic Guidelines – Christina Zampitella

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Summary

• Archive: Faculty:Christina ZampitellaDuration:Approx.

• 2 HoursCopyright:Feb 12, 2021 Description Designed for mental health professionals, this course discusses the most recent bereavement-related diagnostic criteria in the DSM-5® including the bereavement exclusion in major depressive disorder, uncomplicated grief, and persistent complexbereavement disorder.

• You’ll learn why the changes were needed, what the implications of those changes are in clinical practice, and how those implications can enhance or detract from differential bereavement assessments.

• Also discussed is a look ahead to why the inclusion of prolonged grief disorder in future DSMs is needed in clinical practice and proposed criteria.

• Outline Grief in Previous DSM’sHistory of how bereavement has been addressedWhy changes were neededChange in ICD-11Prolonged grief disorderDiagnostic criteriaGrief in the DSM-5: Changes and DiagnosisElimination of the bereavement exclusion criterion for major depressive disorderResearch regarding complicated griefPersistent complex bereavement disorder in the DSM-5How to diagnose complicated and uncomplicated bereavement using the DSM-5A Look AheadWhy Prolonged Grief Disorder in the DSM is needed in clinical practiceProposed criteria Faculty Christina Zampitella, Psy.D., FT Related seminars and products: 3 Dr. Christina Zampitella, Psy.D., FT, is a licensed clinical psychologist in both Delaware and California and a Fellow of Thanatology (expert in death, loss, and bereavement) through the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC).