While complicated grief has been addressed in part through some recommendations for modifications in the upcoming fifth version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), there remain reasons for substantial concern about its scope therein and within clinical practice. The authors issue a call to the field, reiterating that complicated grief is complicated and cannot ...

This is a report of a literature review commissioned by the Department of Health to examine bereavement services in England. • The National End of Life Care Programme, which works with health and social care services across all sectors in England to improve the end of life care for adults, and helps those ser‐ vices respond to the issues and challenges highlighted in the End of Life Care Strate...

Our understanding of how individuals react to the loss of a close loved one comes largely from studies of spousal bereavement. The extent to which findings are relevant to other bereavements is uncertain. A major methodological limitation of current studies has been a reliance on retrospective reporting of functioning and use of samples of individuals who have self-selected for participant in g...