Human Growth and Development / Unit 17 HGD 2447 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Prolonged Grief Disorder
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The idea
Prolonged grief disorder, added to the DSM-5-TR, is diagnosed in adults when intense yearning or preoccupation persists at least twelve months after a death and disrupts daily functioning.
In practice
Therapy building coping and meaning, for example through a letter to the deceased.
Where people slip
Most people move on from loss; the diagnosis marks grief disabling in a way normal grief is not.
Your place on the trail
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