Major Journal Blasts New Code Book for Making Grief a Psychiatric Illness

Sad Young Blonde Child By Dr. Mercola

After the death of a loved one, do you think you’d feel (or if you’ve lost a loved one already, did you feel) back to your old self again in just two weeks? For nearly everyone, the answer is a resounding no. Grief is a highly individual experience, but for most people it takes two to six months to “run its course” – and sometimes much longer, all of which is normal and to be expected in the face of a significant loss. Outrageously, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) is now considering characterizing bereavement as a depressive disorder, which would encourage clinicians to diagnose people with major depression if their grief-related symptoms last longer than two weeks! By making grief a certifiable mental illness, it then becomes treatable by drugs and billable through insurance companies―and morphs into a “disorder” that is likely something that will stigmatize your health records for the rest of your life.   Read full article here.

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