ICD-11 code : 6B42;
Preferred Label : Prolonged grief disorder;
ICD-11 definition : Prolonged grief disorder is a disturbance in which, following the death of a partner,
parent, child, or other person close to the bereaved, there is persistent and pervasive
grief response characterized by longing for the deceased or persistent preoccupation
with the deceased accompanied by intense emotional pain (e.g. sadness, guilt, anger,
denial, blame, difficulty accepting the death, feeling one has lost a part of one's
self, an inability to experience positive mood, emotional numbness, difficulty in
engaging with social or other activities). The grief response has persisted for an
atypically long period of time following the loss (more than 6 months at a minimum)
and clearly exceeds expected social, cultural or religious norms for the individual's
culture and context. Grief reactions that have persisted for longer periods that are
within a normative period of grieving given the person's cultural and religious context
are viewed as normal bereavement responses and are not assigned a diagnosis. The disturbance
causes significant impairment in personal, family, social, educational, occupational
or other important areas of functioning.;
ICD-11 synonym : pathological grief;
Origin ID : 1183832314;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- ICD-10 Mapping
Prolonged grief disorder is a disturbance in which, following the death of a partner,
parent, child, or other person close to the bereaved, there is persistent and pervasive
grief response characterized by longing for the deceased or persistent preoccupation
with the deceased accompanied by intense emotional pain (e.g. sadness, guilt, anger,
denial, blame, difficulty accepting the death, feeling one has lost a part of one's
self, an inability to experience positive mood, emotional numbness, difficulty in
engaging with social or other activities). The grief response has persisted for an
atypically long period of time following the loss (more than 6 months at a minimum)
and clearly exceeds expected social, cultural or religious norms for the individual's
culture and context. Grief reactions that have persisted for longer periods that are
within a normative period of grieving given the person's cultural and religious context
are viewed as normal bereavement responses and are not assigned a diagnosis. The disturbance
causes significant impairment in personal, family, social, educational, occupational
or other important areas of functioning.
