Peter J Na, Samrachana Adhikari, Kristin L Szuhany, Alan Z Chen, Rebecca R Suzuki, Matteo Malgaroli, Donald J Robinaugh, Eric Bui, Christine Mauro, Natalia A Skritskaya, Barry D Lebowitz, Sidney Zisook, Charles F Reynolds, M Katherine Shear, Naomi M Simon
OBJECTIVE: Posttraumatic stress disorder and prolonged grief disorder (PGD) arise following major life stressors and may share some overlapping symptomatology. This study aimed to examine the presence and response to treatment of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) in bereaved adults with a primary diagnosis of PGD. METHODS: A randomized controlled trial of 395 adults with PGD (defined as an Inventory of Complicated Grief score ≥ 30 plus confirmation on structured clinical interview) randomly assigned participants to either complicated grief treatment (CGT) with citalopram, CGT plus placebo, citalopram, or placebo between March 2010 and September 2014...
April 20, 2021: Journal of Clinical Psychiatry