Dr Pies: I'm delighted to have my colleagues, Dr Sid Zisook and Dr Kathy Shear, join me in a discussion of grief, depression, and some of the controversies surrounding these topics. Sid and Kathy, as ...

People so often confuse grief with depression. The field trip I organized to visit artist Amanda Filippelli’s public art installation in Pittsburgh, The Remembering Room had fewer participants than ...

Older adults with prolonged grief disorder showed sustained symptom reduction following group or individual grief-focused cognitive behavioral therapy.

Depression is a complex and deeply personal experience. While almost everyone has periods of sadness, low mood or grief, depression is different. Major depressive disorder is persistent, interferes ...

August 30 marks National Grief Awareness Day, a significant observance that highlights the often-overlooked emotional impact of loss and emphasizes the importance of supporting people through the ...

(Updated Sept. 26, 2014) An intervention specifically targeting symptoms of complicated grief, a debilitating state of prolonged, acute grief, is superior to a treatment used for depression, a new ...

Is your client depressed or just grieving? Advisors often wrestle with this question as they sit across the table from someone who has recently lost a spouse, parent or child. You may see tears, hear ...

My husband passed away in April after suffering for many years from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. I was his caregiver for over a year, along with hospice. It was very hard on me. Since he ...

There’s no map for grief. One day may feel almost normal, the next, impossible. For some, grief becomes more than emotional heartbreak. It becomes a clinical condition that disrupts daily life and the ...