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Complicated grief
Looking for help when mourning persists and intensifies.
Except for those who die too young, grief is an unavoidable and normal experience. But it can take intense and disturbing forms that surprise a bereaved person, including forms that in other circumstances would be called a psychiatric disorder. In some cases, psychiatric treatment may help.
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