Severe depression, grief & pain healed – John Mellor Healing Evangelist – This man testifies to being healed of severe depression 18 months ago after prayer by John. His depression was caused by grief due to his brother and a friend having committed suicide. He had also suffered from associated sharp stabbing pain in his shoulder blades, but all that left after prayer. Www.johnmellor.org

 

Bereavement Does Not Immunize the Grieving Person Against Major Depression

Filed under: depression grief

Dr. Widera is quite right: ordinary grief is not an illness, has adaptive value, and does not require professional treatment. But grieving persons are not immune to major depressive disorder (MDD), and, indeed, bereavement is a common trigger for MDD.
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Bereavement and the DSM-5, One Last Time

Filed under: depression grief

I believe it's important for the public to understand why the DSM-5 will drop the bereavement exclusion—and equally, for clinicians to appreciate the complexities of diagnosing post-bereavement depression, under the new guidelines. The bereavement …
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Psychiatrists To Take New Approach In Bereavement

Filed under: depression grief

It's about how doctors approach depression in the case of a patient grieving over the loss of a loved one. For more, we're joined by Jerome Wakefield. He's from the School of Social Work and Department of Psychiatry at New York University. Jerome …
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