Killikelly, Clare and Merzhvynska, Mariia and Zhou, Ningning and Stelzer, Eva-Maria and Hyland, Philip and Rocha, Jose and Ben-Ezra, Menachem and Maercker, Andreas (2021) Examination of the new ICD-11 prolonged grief disorder guidelines across five international samples. Clinical Psychology in Europe, 3 (1). ISSN 2625-3410

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[Background] Prolonged grief disorder (PGD) is a new disorder included in the 11th edition of the International classification of diseases (ICD-11). An important remit of the new ICD-11 is the global applicability of the mental health disorder guidelines or definitions. Although previous definitions and descriptions of disordered grief have been assessed worldwide, this new definition has not yet been systematically validated. [Method] Here we assess the validity and applicability of core items of the ICD-11 PGD across five international samples of bereaved persons from Switzerland (N = 214), China (N = 325); Israel (N = 544), Portugal (N = 218) and Ireland (N = 830). [Results] The results confirm that variation in the diagnostic algorithm for PGD can greatly impact the rates of disorder within and between international samples. Different predictors of PGD severity may be related to sample differences. Finally, a threshold for diagnosis of clinically relevant PGD symptoms using a new scale, the International Prolonged Grief Disorder Scale (IPGDS), in three samples was confirmed. [Conclusions] Although this study was limited by lack of questionnaire data points across all five samples, the findings for the diagnostic threshold and algorithm iterations have implications for clinical use of the new ICD-11 PGD criteria worldwide.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Cite as: Killikelly, C., Merzhvynska, M., Zhou, N., Stelzer, E., Hyland, P., Rocha, J., Ben-Ezra, M. and Maercker, A. (2021) Examination of the New ICD-11 Prolonged Grief Disorder Guidelines Across Five International Samples. Clinical Psychology in Europe (CPE), 3 (1), This pathway includes Open Access publishing
Keywords:	prolonged grief disorder; ICD-11; psychometric validity; global applicability;
Academic Unit:	Assisting Living & Learning,ALL institute Faculty of Science and Engineering > Psychology
Item ID:	16940
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.32872/cpe.4159
Depositing User:	Philip Hyland
Date Deposited:	14 Feb 2023 14:26
Journal or Publication Title:	Clinical Psychology in Europe
Publisher:	Wiley online Publishers
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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