Recognize difficulties worth discussing with a clinician, prepare for assessment and understand when help is urgent.
After a death, worries about safety, health or another loss may become harder to manage. Anxiety deserves attention when it repeatedly disrupts sleep, activities or relationships. A…
Alcohol or other substances may become a way to get through evenings, sleep or avoid painful reminders after a death. If use is increasing or becoming hard…
Grief and depression can occur together. The presence of a bereavement does not rule out depression, and a moment of laughter does not rule it out either.…
Grief concerns the loss of a person or relationship; trauma-related symptoms may concern frightening aspects of what happened. They can overlap. Assessment should consider both, especially when…
Grief can be felt physically as well as emotionally. Tiredness, changes in appetite and tension may accompany loss, but a new or severe symptom still deserves medical…
Prolonged grief disorder involves persistent, intense grief after a death together with significant distress or difficulty functioning. A clinician considers duration, the pattern of symptoms and cultural…
A grief assessment should help clarify your needs, safety and possible treatment choices. It is a conversation about your life after loss, not an examination of whether…
You can ask for help at any point after a loss. The type of support should match what is difficult: companionship, practical assistance, bereavement support, specialist therapy…