Prolonged Grief Disorder — Prolonged grief disorder is a psychiatric diagnosis involving persistent, intense grief following the death of someone close, together with substantial distress or impairment. Under DSM-5-TR criteria, the death occurred at least twelve months earlier for adults or six months earlier for children and adolescents, and the response exceeds relevant cultural, social, or religious expectations. The diagnosis concerns bereavement after death and does not automatically apply to grief following financial loss or a relationship scam.

Added November 6, 2026