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Understanding bereavement-related depression: the polemical journey of DSM-5
1Wilton,Cork,Ireland.
Objective:
This paper will bring you on a polemical journey to understand the issues related in conceptualizing bereavement-related depression.
Method:
A critical narrative review was carried out to evaluate arguments and controversies surrounding DSM-IV classifications of bereavement exclusion for the diagnosis of major depressive disorder (MDD). Result Available studies that are associated with bereavement exclusion criteria, the open trials and treatments with the implications of such conceptualizations and the current removal of the bereavement exclusion from MDD in DSM-5 were addressed.
Conclusion:
The review highlights the never-ending polemical journey of conceptualizing any mental disorders, bereavement-related depression included.
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