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How to tell if someone's grief has become depression

My roommate has been crying and sleeping all day since her mom died three months ago and I don't know if this is normal grief or if I should be worried about depression.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The line between natural grief and clinical depression blurs when witnessing prolonged suffering in someone you care about.

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