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Minnesota Now with Nina Moini
Cathy Wurzer and Ellen Finn

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

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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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