This assignment invites you to discuss several questions. Number your responses

This assignment
invites you to discuss several questions. Number your responses please.
1) In your own words, describe Prolonged Grief
Disorder (PGD), making sure you explain what it is and what the diagnostic
criteria are. (about 1 page)
2) How does PGD differ from other psychological
disorders or human conditions? (about 1 page)
3) What are some of the diagnostic challenges that
mental health professionals might face when confronted with a possible PGD
case? (about 1 page)
4) What do you think about PGD? Do you think it
pathologizes a natural path of grief? Is grief – even prolonged grief – a
mental illness? Or, do you think this new classification in the DSM is
appropriate and valuable? Why? Explain. (about 2 pages)