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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Everyone feels down sometimes. Bad weeks happen — disappointments pile up, energy drops, and life feels harder than usual. But when does normal sad or down feelings become clinical depression? The ...

For a small percentage of people, loss doesn’t soften with time. New research reveals how prolonged grief disorder disrupts the brain’s reward systems—and how treatment can help. A woman attends a ...