What is complicated grief?

Grief is a response to loss such as the loss of a family member, friend, or other loved one. Grief can encompass a variety of emotions, behaviors, and symptoms. Complicated grief occurs when this grief response impairs one's ability to function and persists beyond several months or even years.

How do members experience complicated grief?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with complicated grief*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for complicated grief*

Who has complicated grief on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 5
20s 17
30s 34
40s 33
50s 41
60s 48
70+ 24

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 18
Female 177

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What is complicated grief?

Grief is a response to loss such as the loss of a family member, friend, or other loved one. Grief can encompass a variety of emotions, behaviors, and symptoms. Complicated grief occurs when this grief response impairs one's ability to function and persists beyond several months or even years.



Common symptoms reported by people with complicated grief

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for complicated grief

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Compare treatments taken by people with complicated grief

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Who has complicated grief on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 1 new patients joined this month
  • 85 say complicated grief is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 5
20s 17
30s 34
40s 33
50s 41
60s 48
70+ 24
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 2
20-29 years 16
30-39 years 7
40-49 years 16
50-59 years 11
60-69 years 5
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 18
Female 177

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 48
Not Diagnosed 25

These charts show data from complicated grief patients who have completed their condition history
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