In our society, many people struggle to determine if their grief after a loss is normal. After all, we don’t get to see other people grieve. Most people don’t grieve publicly and often feel they have ...

More than 12,000 American military personnel have died since the Iraq war started 2003. A nonprofit called tragedy assistance program for survivors or TAPS works with the families left behind. They ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mental Health America, a national nonprofit organization that has a goal of promoting mental health as a critical part of overall ...

National Grief Awareness Day is Saturday Aug. 30. It’s a day dedicated to open communication on loss and bereavement to raise awareness about the experience of grief and the grieving process, to ...

Grief can cause digestive problems like stomach pain, constipation, or diarrhea. The stress of grief can weaken the immune system, making you more prone to illness. Sleep problems, like insomnia, are ...

The recently posted draft of DSM5 makes a seemingly small suggestion that would profoundly impact how grief is handled by psychiatry. It would allow the diagnosis of Major Depression even if the ...

A death from a long illness is very different from a sudden death. It gives you time to say goodbye and time to adjust to the idea that the beloved will not be with you anymore. Some researchers have ...

This is an opinion column. There’s a sensation I hadn’t felt in years, lucky as I’ve been, but it found me again, this time on my living room couch. My wife and I had put the kids to bed. I picked up ...

The recently posted draft of DSM5 makes a seemingly small suggestion that would profoundly impact how grief is handled by psychiatry. It would allow the diagnosis of Major Depression even if the ...