The inclusion of bereavement as a diagnosis in the DSM-5 was a welcome change amongst most thanatologists, because of the clarification of terms, the medicalizing of grief and accessibility to antidepressant medications.

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The inclusion of bereavement as a diagnosis in the DSM-5 was controversial amongst many thanatologists, as it medicalizes a normal human experience and there are concerns about overuse of antidepressant medications to treat grief.

The Inclusion of Bereavement as a Diagnosis in the DSM-5