Katherine Shear, MD 

Marion E. Kenworthy Professor of Psychiatry
Columbia University School of Social Work
and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Director, Complicated Grief Research and Training Program
Director, Complicated Grief Treatment Program, New York State Psychiatric Institute
Director, Bereavement and Grief Program, Columbia University School of Social Work

Dr. Shear describes complicated grief, how it differs from bereavement, and how it's treated.

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The Complicated Grief Program

What Is Complicated Grief?

Treatment Study for Complicated Grief

Community Outreach

Grief Resources

Interviewed by Jean Kaplan Teichroew, ADAA Director of Communications