Grief in the DSM-5-TR™: The Most Recent Diagnostic Guidelines

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Christina Zampitella, PsyD, FT Related seminars and products

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Christina Zampitella, PsyD, FT is a licensed clinical psychologist, Fellow in Thanatology, and founder of the Center for Grief and Trauma Therapy. She serves as an adjunct professor and international professional speaker, with a particular passion for training and mentoring emerging mental health professionals. Dr. Zampitella is also the host of her podcast Phoenix Rising with Dr. Z.

Her clinical practice, research, course development, and teaching focus on bereavement studies, meaning reconstruction, nature-based therapy, and integrative psychology. She has served as Chair of the Continuing Education Committee for multiple professional organizations and is a faculty member at the Portland Institute for Loss and Transition, where she holds certifications in grief therapy through meaning reconstruction as well as in non-death losses within the meaning reconstruction framework.

Dr. Zampitella previously served as the resident psychologist for Channel 5 News in San Diego and has appeared on NBC News in both California and Delaware. Her work has been featured in Elle Magazine, BuzzFeed, The Huffington Post, The New York Post, and several Delaware publications.
 

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Christina Zampitella is the owner of The Center for Grief and Trauma Therapy and has an employment relationship with National University. She receives compensation as a presenter and receives a grant from Delaware Workforce Training. She receives speaking honorariums from TZK Seminars and eCare. She is the founder and host of Phoenix Rising with Dr. Z. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.

Non-financial: Christina Zampitella serves on the advisory committee for the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors and the National University's Integrative Psychology Bachelor's Degree Program. She is a member of the American Psychological Association and the Delaware Psychological Association. She is a fellow with the Association for Death Education and Counseling.
 

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Objectives

1. Examine the timeline of grief inclusion throughout the DSMs.
2. Distinguish between the definition and indicators of normative grief and prolonged grief disorder.
3. Examine persistent complex bereavement disorder as per the DSM-5-TR.
4. Analyze the debate surrounding the removal of the bereavement exclusion in the DSM-5.
5. Identify how the diagnostic criteria for prolonged grief disorder in the DSM-5 TR™ relates to clinical practice.
6. Analyze how prolonged grief disorders is defined in the ICD-11 and its distinction from the DSM-5-TR™.

Outline

Timeline of Grief in the DSMs

• History of how grief has been included throughout the manuals
• The bereavement exclusion – what it is and what was the problem

Definitions of normative and prolonged grief

• Definition and indicators of normative grief
• Prolonged grief – when grief loses its way

Grief throughout the DSMs

• To include and remove the bereavement exclusion – that is the question!
• Disclaimers and their changes
• Bereavement in the DSM-III through the DSM-IV-TR™
• Why not just use adjustment disorder diagnosis?
• Back to the bereavement exclusion – What’s the research behind the argument?
• Persistent complex bereavement disorder in the DSM-5
• The DSM-5-TR and prolonged grief disorder

Grief in the ICD-11

• Diagnostic criteria for prolonged grief disorder in the ICD-11
• How is it different than the DSM-5-TR™?

Target Audience

• Psychologists
• Psychiatrists
• Case Managers
• Addiction Counsellors
• Counsellors
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Social Workers
• Nursing Home Administrators
• Pastoral Counsellors
• Chaplains/Clergy
• Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners
• Mental Health Nurses
• Thanatologists
• Funeral Directors