Grief occurs in stages, including depression. The depression stage of grief is marked by sadness as the reality of the loss sets in. Signs of depression in this stage of grief include sadness, regret, ...

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 ...

Psychologists say some of life’s deepest grief comes not from losing people entirely—but from losing them while they’re still ...

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 ...

Amit Verma (name changed on request) walked into a psychologist’s clinic convinced he was depressed. It had been months since his mother fell ill, months since a relationship ended without drama but ...

Last month, in this column, I wrote about the grief of the families going through the unexpected death of their children due to school shootings. This month, I’d like to explore that idea further, of ...

Sadness is different from depression, but it can be hard to tell them apart when you are in the middle of a very sad time in your life. What a lot of people forget is that sadness, even deep sadness ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

In everyday language, we use the term “depression” very casually. When something, anything, makes us sad, we might say, ...