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Prolonged Grief is a real thing - and doctors are paying attention

The pandemic and other traumatic events can cause prolonged grief and doctors are paying attention.
Nicole Neri for MPR News

If there’s one thing that unites us all during this pandemic, it’s grief. We’ve all lost something although for some, this grief is extensive and prolonged. Now there’s a new clinical diagnosis to help describe it. Dr. Fiyyaz Karim talks with Cathy Wurzer about the new diagnosis of Prolonged Grief.

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