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Grief Could Join List of Disorders (NY Times article)

Here’s an interesting article for those of you who like psych-related things. 

Basically, the article says that for the new DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), aka DSM-5, grief could be officially added and considered a depressive disorder (along with other changes/additions to the DSM). People could be treated for grief as they might be for depression. There’s obviously mixed feelings about the possibility of this addition, mainly because grief is normal after the death of a loved one. At the same time, though, after a certain period of time, it’s not so “normal” to still be in a state of grief, so it could be seen that a person is then suffering from depression. This could lead to more people receiving treatment that should or probably should not be receiving it. It’s all about criteria too.

If you haven’t already, you should check out the site for the new DSM and see exactly what changes are being proposed. Or if you’ve never looked at the DSM before, you could see what criteria people must meet to be diagnosed with specific mental disorders and such. DSM-5 site

What are your thoughts (if you have any)?

  1. seriousnerdwood said: (part 2) it should be redefined to include something like a specific kind of depression. like someone goes into a depression after experiencing too much grief. but no, imo grief itself shouldn’t be a disorder because like you said its normal
  2. seriousnerdwood answered: we went over the dsm in abnormal psych. i suppose grief could go under Axis 1, but i think “grief” is too general of a term. (part 1)
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