为何有些人无法从亲人离世中走出来

Neuroscience Why some people can’t move on from the death of a loved one Helen Thomson FOR most people, the intense sting of grief eases with time. For some, however, it persists, developing into prolonged grief disorder. A new review of the condition, which affects around 5 per cent of bereaved people, sheds light on how it develops. This could help doctors predict which newly grieving people will benefit from extra support. The decision to include prolonged grief disorder (PGD) in the American Psychiatric Association’s diagnostic manual in 2022 sparked intense debate over whether it was pathologising a normal human response to loss and imposing an arbitrary timeline on what constitutes “normal” grief. …