traumatic grief

Traumatic grief

Grief resulting from the loss of a loved one in a traumatic situation (natural or transportation disaster, act of terrorism or mass murder, etc.)

Mentioned in: Bereavement

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traumatic grief

Psychology A severe form of bereavement–eg, loss of spouse, which may be similar to post-traumatic stress disorder Clinical Sleep disturbance, anguish, suicidal ideation, ↑ alcohol, ↑ food, ↑ tobacco consumption, HTN, heart disease, possibly, CA. See Bilateral mastectomy.