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- Title
DSM5 and the Medicalization of Grief: Two Perspectives.
- Authors
FRANCES, ALLEN; PIES, RONALD; ZISOOK, SIDNEY
- Abstract
The article reports on the effect of the draft of the Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th Ed.) (DSM5) on how grief is handled by psychiatry. DSM5 allows a diagnosis of major depression even if the person is grieving due to the loss of a loved one, giving rise to a mental disorder label when experiencing a variation of normal grief. The DSM5 rationale for the diagnosis of major depression are arguments concerning a clinical need for the diagnosis and the loss of a loved one is not different from other serious stressors, among others.
- Subjects
GRIEF; DIAGNOSTIC &; Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-5 (Book); PSYCHIATRY; MENTAL depression; MENTAL illness
- Publication
Psychiatric Times, 2010, Vol 27, Issue 5, p46
- ISSN
0893-2905
- Publication type
Article