CBP CBP Complicated Grief and Prolonged Grief Disorder

Question 1

Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD) was officially added to the DSM-5-TR in 2022. Which symptom is REQUIRED for diagnosis in adults?

Accepted Answer

Intense longing or yearning for the deceased persisting beyond 12 months after loss

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Hallucinations of the deceased

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A suicide attempt within six months of the death

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Complete social isolation for more than three months

Question 2

Which of the following losses carries the HIGHEST empirical risk for developing complicated grief?

Accepted Answer

Death of a spouse by suicide

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Expected death of an elderly grandparent

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Loss of a distant acquaintance

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Death of a pet

Question 3

Complicated Grief Treatment (CGT), developed by Shear and colleagues, is BEST categorized as:

Accepted Answer

An integrated psychotherapy combining IPT and exposure-based techniques

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A purely pharmacological intervention

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A 12-step peer support program

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A mindfulness-only intervention

Question 4

The Dual Process Model (Stroebe & Schut) describes oscillation between which two orientations in healthy grief?

Accepted Answer

Loss-orientation and restoration-orientation

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Depression and mania

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Denial and acceptance

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Anger and guilt

Question 5

A client with PGD describes feeling that life is meaningless since her husband died two years ago and that she cannot imagine any future for herself. This MOST reflects which PGD criterion?

Accepted Answer

Identity disruption and difficulty imagining a meaningful future

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Yearning for the deceased

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Re-experiencing symptoms

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Survivor's guilt

Question 6

Which assessment tool is MOST widely used to measure prolonged or complicated grief symptom severity in clinical settings?

Accepted Answer

Prolonged Grief Disorder Scale (PG-13) / Inventory of Complicated Grief (ICG)

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Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II)

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GAD-7 Generalized Anxiety Scale

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PTSD Checklist (PCL-5)