Yaffe Y, Levkovich I. Prolonged grief disorder in bereaved parents: Exploring impacts and treatment pathways. World J Psychiatry 2025; 15(5): 104711 [DOI: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i5.104711]
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Yosi Yaffe, Associate Professor, Department of Special Education, Tel-Hai College, Qiryat Shemona 12208, Upper Galilee, Israel. yaffeyos@telhai.ac.il
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Psychiatry
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Minireviews
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World J Psychiatry. May 19, 2025; 15(5): 104711 Published online May 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i5.104711
Prolonged grief disorder in bereaved parents: Exploring impacts and treatment pathways
Yosi Yaffe, Inbar Levkovich
Yosi Yaffe, Inbar Levkovich, Department of Special Education, Tel-Hai College, Qiryat Shemona 12208, Upper Galilee, Israel
Author contributions: Yaffe Y and Levkovich I contributed to the conceptualization of the study, literature search, writing of the original draft, review, and editing; Yaffe Y contributed to the project administration and supervision.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
Open Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Yosi Yaffe, Associate Professor, Department of Special Education, Tel-Hai College, Qiryat Shemona 12208, Upper Galilee, Israel. yaffeyos@telhai.ac.il
Received: December 29, 2024 Revised: February 24, 2025 Accepted: March 11, 2025 Published online: May 19, 2025 Processing time: 121 Days and 22.6 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: Prolonged grief disorder (PGD) is a persistent and debilitating grief response that disproportionately affects bereaved parents. This minireview examines PGD’s prevalence, risk factors, and consequences, focusing on sex differences, cultural influences, and family dynamics. It highlights diagnostic complexities related to International Classification of Diseases, 11th revision, and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition, Text Revision criteria, as well as challenges in distinguishing PGD from normal grief, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder. The review further evaluates evidence-based treatments, including cognitive-behavioral therapy and emerging interventions, offering critical insights for clinicians and researchers working to improve support for bereaved parents.
