DSM-5-TR prolonged grief disorder — MRCPsych Paper A MCQ

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In 2022, prolonged grief disorder was added as a formal diagnosis to which classification system?

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Correct answer: C — DSM-5-TR

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A is correct. Prolonged grief disorder was added as a formal diagnostic category in DSM-5-TR, the 2022 text revision of DSM-5. The Research Diagnostic Criteria are an earlier research-oriented system rather than the relevant current manual. DSM-III was published decades before prolonged grief disorder became a formal DSM diagnosis. The RDoC matrix is a dimensional research framework organised around behavioural and neurobiological systems; it is not a clinical diagnostic classification. ICD-10 DCR also did not contain prolonged grief disorder: a diagnosis with that name was introduced into ICD-11, which is not an option. The date and the status of prolonged grief disorder as a newly added formal diagnosis therefore identify DSM-5-TR uniquely.

Reference: Regier DA, Kuhl EA, Kupfer DJ et al. DSM-5-TR: Rationale, Process, and Overview of Changes. Psychiatric Services. 2023;74(1). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36510761/