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Thursday, October 6, 2011: 2:45 PM-3:45 PM
Primary Presenter:
Kristine A. Munholland, PhD, MSW
Learning Objectives:
1. Recognize features that distinguish normal grief from major depression
2. Describe the treatment of bereavement historically and at present in the DSM and describe proposed changes to DSM-V
3. Evaluate arguments in favor of and in opposition to these substantive changes and consider their impact for bereaved persons
The leading mental health resource, the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), includes a Bereavement Exclusion which precludes the diagnosis of a Major Depressive Episode immediately following a death. However, preliminary draft revisions to the DSM-V, scheduled for publication in 2013, suggest substantial changes to the conceptualization of bereavement, including removal of the Exclusion and introduction of a new classification, Prolonged Grief Disorder. This session reviews conceptualizations of grief and depression historically and in the DSM; considers arguments for and against the proposed changes; and evaluates the implications for bereavement care if the DSM revisions are adopted in present form.
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