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Old 11-19-2004, 07:52 PM
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Re: decreased appetite, sadness, crying spells, guilt

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Originally Posted by usmlestudy
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Originally Posted by usmlestudy
56 year-old female comes to see you 20 days after her husband died. Her complaints include: decreased appetite, sadness, crying spells, guilt. Sometime she sees her husband on a street and realizes that this is not him. She denies suicidal thoughts. Patient most likely has which of the following:



A Major depression
B Bipolar disorder
C Adjustment disorder
D Posttraumatic stress disosrder
E Normal grief
F Somatization disorder
G Panic disorder
H Pathologic grief
E. This is normal grief.
Why is this a normal grief versus major depression or adjustment disorder?
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