Medical News: Prolonged Grief Disorder Validated for Diagnosis - in Psychiatry, General Psychiatry from MedPage Today

By Todd Neale, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Prolonged grief disorder should be considered for recognition as a distinct mental disorder, researchers said. A set of criteria that includes yearning to be reunited with a loved one and a handful of other grief-related symptoms accurately identified widowed individuals who were at risk for functional impairment, according to Holly Prigerson, PhD, of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, and colleagues. Read More