Grief to become just another form of depression? another disorder for the DSM5 (and alternative ways of thinking about that pain)

Reblogged from Beyond Meds:

As we watch the hullabaloo around the creation of the next DSM, one of the moves towards increasing pathology in normal people is to label grief a depression, hence opening the floodgates that more people will be treated with antidepressants.

The fact is this has already been happening for a long time. Many people are introduced to antidepressants after the loss of a loved one or after a divorce etc.

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