Prolonged Grief Disorder

**Semantic type:** Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction

**Definition:** A psychiatric disorder characterized by the personal experience of intense and prolonged yearning for, or preoccupation with the circumstances surrounding, a loss that leads to significant impairment in social or occupational functioning. Associated symptoms may include: identity disruption, disbelief, avoidance of reminders, difficulty moving on, emotional pain or numbness, feeling that life is meaningless, and loneliness.

**Synonyms:** - PCBD - PGD - Pathological Grief - Persistent Complex Bereavement Disorder - Traumatic Grief