Bereavement support and Prolonged Grief Disorder:scoping and mapping the evidence. Final report

The aim of this piece of work was to systematically scope and map the research evidence on grief, bereavement and PGD in relation to a range of questions of interest to the DHSC. We sought to identify the availability of evidence from systematic reviews on the following issues: • the extent and nature of PGD; • risk factors for PGD; • grief and bereavement experiences including the needs of bereaved people and the barriers to accessing grief services; • the effectiveness of interventions for preventing or treating PGD