RT Journal
A1 Gilman SE, Breslau J, Trinh N, Fava M, Murphy JM, Smoller JW
T1 EPidemiologic evidence concerning the bereavement exclusion in major depression
JF Archives of General Psychiatry
JO Archives of General Psychiatry
YR 2012
FD November 1
VO 69
IS 11
SP 1179
OP 1181
DO 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2012.383
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2012.383
AB 
There has been considerable debate over the validity of the bereavement exclusion in the diagnosis of major depressive episode (MDE) and much controversy about whether the bereavement exclusion should be maintained in DSM-5. Mojtabai investigated the issue using data from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions and concluded that the bereavement exclusion should be maintained in DSM-5.1 We analyzed the same data and came to a different conclusion.2 Herein, we discuss why we think our 2 studies arrived at different conclusions and their implications for revising the diagnostic criteria.