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Which features help you distinguish prolonged grief disorder from major depressive disorder?

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How often do you diagnose prolonged grief disorder?

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Psychiatry · RK Psychiatry Associates, LLC
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Prolonged grief disorder is in the DSM‑5‑TR, but I do not diagnose it often. I have seen a case where the grief was both excessive and clearly pathological, and the depth of the loss was profound. The person presented more than a year after the death and also met criteria for major depressive disord...

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