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In reply to the discussion: Antidepressants to treat grief? Psychiatry panelists with ties to drug industry say yes [View all]Smilo
(1,944 posts)we are given three days off, if we are lucky, to attend to the funeral, etc. of a close loved one and then expected to pick up where we left off before they died. And heaven help those who need more time.
What those who are grieving need is not drugs, but a shoulder to lean on, to cry against, a person willing to listen again and again and again and to be supported in their journey of bereavement.
For many it takes at least a year to understand their loss and begin to function - not get over - I don't belief you can ever get over the death of a loved one - because their will always be reminders of them every day.
What a great uncaring society we have become - what a sad reflection when paid psychiatrists put their greed above the actual needs and correct treatment of their patients.