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MOAYEDODDIN, BABAK and JOHN C. MARKOWITZ. "Abnormal Grief: Should We Consider a More Patient-Centered Approach?."American Journal of Psychotherapy, vol. 69, no. 4, Oct. 2015, pp. 361-378. EBSCO host,ezproxy.gsu.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=rlh&AN=111972158&site=eds-live.

Babak Moayedoddin and John C. Markowitz in their article suggests that some people experience an abnormal grieving process that can trigger several mental disorders like complicated grief (CG) or major depressive disorder (MDD). They develop their claim by acknowledging that (DSM-5) can recognize these mental disorders in humans. The job of the (DSM-5) is to help diagnose a patient with MDD, but still struggles to determine if the "disorder" is normal or abnormal. The authors of this article argue that their should be more patient orientated studies to help resolve this scientific study. This article added a scientific viewpoint to my research. The different mental disorders discovered from this scientific study is evidence that grief can eventually become a mental illness. The authors of this article employed clinical case studies as data to make their results more concrete. The main point of this article was to provide clinical studies and readers with more solid information on the issue of mental illnesses derived from grief. Should abnormal grief consider involving more patients to better their clinical studies?