(1) Background: The aim of the present study was to examine symptom classes of major
depressive disorder (MDD), prolonged grief disorder (PGD), and posttraumatic stress disorder
(PTSD) in a sample of suicide-bereaved individuals, while accounting for loss-related characteristics.
(2) Methods: A latent class analysis was conducted to identify classes of the suicide bereaved,
sharing symptom profiles, in a German suicide-bereaved sample (N = 159). (3) Results: Our analyses
revealed three main classes: a resilient class (16%), a class with high endorsement probability for PGD
symptoms (50%), and a class with high endorsement probability for combined PGD/PTSD symptoms
(34%). Prolonged grief and intrusive symptoms emerged across all classes, while MDD showed low
endorsement probability. Our results indicate an association between class membership and time
passed since the loss; however, this applies only to the comparison between the PGD and the resilient
class, and not for the PGD/PTSD class. (4) Conclusions: Our results may provide information about
the predictability of symptom clusters following suicide bereavement. The findings also represent
a significant step towards tailoring treatments based on the needs of relevant suicide-bereaved
subgroups through a symptom-level approach. Time passed since loss might explain differences
between symptom clusters.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:88436 |
| Date | 04 December 2023 |
| Creators | Grafiadeli, Raphaela, Glaesmer, Heidi, Wagner, Birgit |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | 10277 |
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