ArticleDialogues in clinical neuroscience2012
Grief and mourning gone awry: pathway and course of complicated grief.
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66 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Psychosocial Aspects of Gestational Grief in Women Undergoing Infertility Treatment: A Systematic Review of Qualitative and Quantitative Evidence.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Treatment of complicated grief in elderly persons: a randomized clinical trial.JAMA psychiatry · 2014Trial
- Perceived opportunities and risks of using deepfake technology in grief treatment: a qualitative study among Dutch bereaved people and mental health care workers.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Article
- The Relationship of Grief Reactions with Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies and Intolerance of Uncertainty in Adults.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Bereavement and mental health factors associated with seeking and receiving support following loss among Canadian bereaved adults.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2026Article
- Support from New York City's office of chief medical examiner for people bereaved by drug poisoning: development and implementation of the family support program.Harm reduction journal · 2026Article
- The Relationship Between Perinatal Grief and Spiritual Well-Being in Women Experiencing Termination Due to Fetal Anomaly in Türkiye.Journal of religion and health · 2026Article
- Cognitive impairment among widowed older adults in India: a decomposition analysis of gender gap.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Prolonged grief disorder in later life: advancing our understanding of biopsychosocial mechanisms to guide future personalized interventions.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026Review
- The latent structure of ICD-11 Prolonged Grief: Replicated factor mixture models in two national cohorts.PLOS mental health · 2026Article
- Coping styles and mental health outcomes in partners who have experienced a perinatal loss: a longitudinal study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Reminiscence and grief resolution through online journalling: mixed-methods analysis of the Living Memory Home bereavement cohort.BJPsych open · 2025Article
- Promising for patients or deeply disturbing? The ethical and legal aspects of deepfake therapy.Journal of medical ethics · 2025Article
- Associations Between Pre-Widowhood Psychological Resilience and Subsequent Depressive Symptom Recovery Following Spousal Loss Among Men and Women.The Gerontologist · 2025Article
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- The Lived Experiences of Bereaved Filipino Families of the Deceased Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.Omega · 2025Article
- Behavioral (reaction time) and prefrontal cortex response revealed differences in grief vs. sadness perception.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Persian version of the International ICD-11 Prolonged Grief Disorder Scale (IPGDS): Validity and reliability.Palliative & supportive care · 2025Article
- Pharmaceutical Humanities and Narrative Pharmacy: An Emerging New Concept in Pharmacy.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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Abstract
Complicated grief is a recently recognized condition that occurs in about 7% of bereaved people. People with this condition are caught up in rumination about the circumstances of the death, worry about its consequences, or excessive avoidance of reminders of the loss. Unable to comprehend the finality and consequences of the loss, they resort to excessive avoidance of reminders of the loss as they are tossed helplessly on waves of intense emotion. People with complicated grief need help, and clinicians need to know how to recognize the symptoms and how to provide help. This paper provides a framework to help clinicans understand bereavement, grief, and mourning. Evidence-based diagnostic criteria are provided to help clinicians recognize complicated grief, and differentiate it from depression as well as anxiety disorder. We provide an overview of risk factors and basic assumptions and principles that can guide treatment.
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