Is grief a mental illness that needs treatment?

This week, we focus on grief. Historian, author and broadcaster Tessa Dunlop talks about the phenomenon of anticipatory grief, as she struggles with the changing relationship she has with her mother, who is creeping into old age and frailty; while Dr Clare Gerada, President of the Royal College of General Practitioners, and a specialist in mental health, talks about when it might be necessary to medically treat patients with severe grief. And end of life doula Anna Lyons gives her point of view on grieving – and how all the ‘messy’ emotions it throws up are, in fact, perfectly normal and part of the process.

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