Prolonged grief disorder affects around 1 in 20 people, and we're starting to understand the neuroscience behind it ...

In our society, many people struggle to determine if their grief after a loss is normal. After all, we don’t get to see other people grieve. Most people don’t grieve publicly and often feel they have ...

National Grief Awareness Day is Saturday Aug. 30. It’s a day dedicated to open communication on loss and bereavement to raise awareness about the experience of grief and the grieving process, to ...

In March 2022, a new diagnosis was added to the DSM-V, which is the handbook used by mental health providers and researchers to describe and classify groups of symptoms. Technically, this categorizes ...

Mental Health America, a national nonprofit organization that has a goal of promoting mental health as a critical part of overall wellness, says coping with death, whether it's the death of a relative ...

For the past few years, we’ve been researching grief for a book we’re writing. When we started out, we were aware that you could experience grief for various reasons caused by loss. These can be as ...

Grief can cause digestive problems like stomach pain, constipation, or diarrhea. The stress of grief can weaken the immune system, making you more prone to illness. Sleep problems, like insomnia, are ...

The American Psychiatric Association added prolonged grief disorder to its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in 2022, and though the move was not universally applauded—“There is no ...

Losing a loved one represents one of life’s most challenging experiences, with grief following unpredictable patterns that defy simple categorization into neat stages. Mental health professionals at ...