When grief over a loss, usually of a loved one, does not meet the criteria for any of the mental disorders but is a focus of clinical attention it can be classified under this category of "other conditions."

American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition. Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Association, 1994

Also:

• Association for Death Education & Counseling

Books

• Anderson, Wes & Wilson, Owen The Royal Tenenbaums (Paperback - January 2002)
• Attig, Thomas W How We Grieve - Relearning the World Paperback 1996
• Attig, Thomas W The Heart of Grief: Death and the Search for Lasting Love (Paperback - September 2002)
• Colgrove, PhD, Melba, Bloomfield, MD, Harold H., McWilliams, Peter: How to Survive the Loss of Love: Hardcover 1992 | Paperback 1993
• Frankl, Viktor Emil: Man's Search for Meaning This psychoanalyst and Holocaust survivor explores the meaning of suffering..
• Fritsch, Julie & Ilse, Sherokee: The Anguish of Loss - Visual Expressions of Grief and Sorrow  | Paperback | 1992 The loss of a child expressed through poetry and photographs of sculpture.
• Guest, Judith: Ordinary People: Paperback
• Horowitz, Mardi Jon Stress Response Syndromes: PTSD, Grief, and Adjustment Disorders (Hardcover - August 1997)
• Leick, Nini & Davidsen-Nielsen, Marianne: Healing Pain: Attachment, Loss and Grief Therapy Hardcover | Paperback 1991
• Styron, William Lie Down in Darkness

Films

• 21 Grams DVD Sean Penn 2003
• Aberdeen DVD Stellan Skarsgĺrd, Lena Headey 2000
• Akeelah and the Bee Download | DVD Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett 2006
• All About My Mother DVD Cecilia Roth, Marissa Paredes
• An Angel at My Table DVD Kerry Fox, Alexia Keogh, Karen Fergusson, and Iris Churn 1990
• Around the Bend DVD Michael Caine, Christopher Walken, Josh Lucas, and Jonah Bobo 2004
• Babel DVD Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett 2006
• The Band's Visit DVD Ahuva Keren, Ronit Elkabetz 2007
• In The Bedroom DVD Sissy Spacek 2001
• Benny and Joon DVD Johnny Depp 1993
• Billy Elliot DVD Stephen Daldry, Julie Walters, Jamie Bell, and Jamie Draven 2000
• Bogus Whoopi Goldberg, Gérard Depardieu 1996
• Bounce DVD Ben Affleck, Gwyneth Paltrow 2000
• Bridge to Terabithia DVD Josh Hutcherson, AnnSophia Robb 2007
• Broken Wings DVD Orly Silbersatz Banai, Maya Maron 2003
• The Celebration DVD Henning Moritzen 1998
• Changeling DVD Angelina Jolie, Colm Feore, Denis O'Hare 2008
• A Christmas Carol DVD Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison 1951
• Clean DVD Maggie Cheung, Nick Nolte, Béatrice Dalle, and Jeanne Balibar 2004
• The Constant Gardener DVD Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz 2005
• The Country Girl DVD Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly 1955
• Duma DVD Alex Michaeletos, Campbell Scott 2005
• Falling Angels  DVD Mark McKinney, Miranda Richardson, Callum Keith Rennie 2005
• Fearless DVD Jeff Bridges, Isabella Rossellini 1993
• Flightplan DVD Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Sean Bean, and Kate Beahan 2005
• Garden State DVD Zach Braff, Kenneth Graymez, Natalie Portman, Ian Holm 2004
• Good Will Hunting DVD Robin Williams, Matt Damon
• The Hairdresser's Husband DVD Jean Rochefort, Anna Galiena, Anne-Marie Pisani, and Roland Bertin 1990
• House of Cards DVD Kathleen Turner, Tommy Lee Jones 1993
• How About You DVD Joss Ackland, Brenda Fricker, Joan O'Hara, Vanessa Redgrave 2009
• In Her Shoes DVD Cameron Diaz, Shirley MacLaine, Tony Collette 2005
• Italian for Beginners Anders W. Berthelsen, Anette Střvelbćk, and Ann Eleonora Jřrgensen 2001
• Jesus of Montreal DVD Christine-Ann Atallah, Paule Baillargeon, and Boris Bergman 1990
• K-PAX DVD Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges 2001
• Kings and Queen DVD Emmanuelle Devos, Mathieu Amalric, Catherine Deneuve 2004
• Last Tango in Paris DVD Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider 1973
• Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events DVD Jim Carrey, Jude Law, Meryl Streep, and Liam Aiken 2004
• Life as a House DVD 2001 Kevin Kline
• Lilo & Stitch DVD Daveigh Chase 2002
• Little Miss Sunshine DVD Abigail Breslin, Greg Kinnear 2006
• Love Liza DVD Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kathy Bates 2000
• The Luzhin Defence DVD John Turturro, Emily Watson 2000
• Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School DVD Robert Carlyle, Marisa Tomei, Mary Steenburgen, and John Goodman 2005
• A Mighty Heart DVD Dan Futterman, Angelina Jolie 2007
• Mrs. Henderson Presents DVD Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins, Christopher Guest, and Will Young 2005
• My Girl DVD Dan Aykroyd 1991
• My Life DVD Michael Keaton, Nicole Kidman 1993
• My Life as a Dog DVD Lasse Haltröm 1987
• Nine Lives (Maggie) DVD Elpidia Carillo, Aomawa Baker 2004
• On A Clear Day DVD Peter Mullan, Brenda Blethyn, Billy Boyd, and Sean McGinley 2005
• Ordinary People DVD Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch, Timothy Hutton 2001
  This story provides a compelling illustration of how the loss of a child can throw an apparently well-functioning family into chaos. Does the survivor suffer from post traumatic stress disorder? In the film Judd Hirsch plays the most human and approachable, yet ethical, psychiatrist yet portrayed in cinema.
• Penny Serenade DVD Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Edgar Buchanan, and Beulah Bondi 1999
• P.S. I Love You DVD Kathy Bates, Michael Countryman, Gina Gershon, and Anne Kent 2007
• Pure Molly Parker, Keira Knightley, Harry Eden, and David Wenham 2005
• Rachel Getting Married DVD Anne Hathaway 2008
• Reign Over Me Adam Sandler, Don Cheadle, Liv Tyler 2007
• Rent DVD Taye Diggs, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Rosario Dawson, Anthony Rapp 2005
• The Road Home DVD Ziyi Zhang, Honglei Sun 2000
• The Royal Tenenbaums DVD Gene Hackman, Gwyneth Paltrow 2001
• Saraband DVD Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson, Börje Ahlstedt, Julia Dufvenius 2006
• The Sea Inside Javier Barda, Belén Rueda 2004
• Second Chances DVD Tom Amandes, Kelsey Mulrooney, Stuart Whitman, and Isabel Glasser 1998
• The Secret Life of Bees  DVD Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Queen Latifah, and Alicia Keys 2008
• The Sensation of Sight DVD David Strathairn, Ian Somerhalder, Ann Cusack, and Daniel Gillies 2006
• Seven Pounds DVD Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, and Michael Ealy 2008
• Sex and Lucia DVD Paz Vega, Tristán Ulloa 2001
• Shower DVD 1999
• Shrink Kevin Spacey, Mark Webber, Keke Palmer, and Saffron Burrows 2009
• Signs DVD Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix 2002
• The Snake Pit DVD Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn, and Celeste Holm 1948
• The Son's Room DVD Nanni Moretti, Laura Morante 2001
• Summer of '42 DVD Jennifer O'Neill, Gary Grimes 1971
• Tell No One Kristin Scott Thomas, Francois Cluzet 2006
• Tuesdays with Morrie Jack Lemmon, Hank Azaria 1999
• The Ultimate Gift Drew Fuller, James Garner 2007
• Unstrung Heroes DVD Andie MacDowell, John Turturro 1995
• The Upside of Anger DVD Joan Allen, Suzanne Bertish, Dane Christensen, and Erika Christensen 2005
• Volver DVD Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueńas, Blanca Portillo 2007
• Walk the Line Download | DVD Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon 2005
• Ward, Mary Jane Snake Pit library binding 1996
• What Dreams May Come DVD Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding 1998
• When Did You Last See Your Father? DVD Colin Firth 2008
• The Yearling DVD Gregory Peck 1947

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