Prolonged Grief Disorder Is Now an Officially Recognised Mental Illness

The latest update to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the codebook used by mental health professionals, includes a new officially recognised condition: prolonged grief disorder. People with prolonged grief are considered to have intense feelings and preoccupied thoughts that distress them or impede their daily functioning beyond the normal grieving process.The DSM was created by the American Psychiatry Association and is often called the bible of psychiatry. It’s