@article{ref1,
title="General practitioners' reported application of DSM major depressive disorder criteria after removal of the bereavement exclusion criterion",
journal="Death studies",
year="2022",
author="Chen, Jennifer and Burke, Lisa M.",
volume="46",
number="3",
pages="764-771",
abstract="The removal of the bereavement exclusion criterion from major depressive disorder (MDD) in the 5th edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders generated concerns of over-diagnosing grief. Eight Australian General Practitioners (GPs) were interviewed to explore their application of MDD criteria to recently-bereaved individuals. Thematic analysis found GPs were unaware of the change and reluctant to apply MDD criteria two weeks post-bereavement. Depressive symptoms were viewed as natural grief, with diagnostic labels seen as unnecessary for patient-centered care. Our findings suggest new MDD criteria not being strictly applied by GPs, or no anticipated over-inflation of MDD diagnoses post-bereavement.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0748-1187",
doi="10.1080/07481187.2020.1782533",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2020.1782533"
}