Stages of Grief, After we have lost a loved one, Yearning peaks in 4 months

A recent study at Yale University published in JAMA fuound that the initial dominant grief item was not disbelief but yearning. Yearning peaked at four months after the loss. All negavie grief indicators are in decline by six months post loss.

Acceptance the final stage of grief increased over a 2 year period.

To recap the conventionally accepted stages of grief are :
disbelief, yearning, anger , depression and acceptance.

In my experience, I have seening yearning and depression for approx 6 mos to a year, and acceptance around 18 months.