Traumatic grief

Traumatic grief (also called Chronic grief, Complicated grief, Prolonged grief, Complex grief) is a form of grief which is prolonged, disturbed or extreme. It has a severe effect on a person's life affecting their employment or relationships as it is characterised by a severe longing for the deceased.^[1]

See also

• Grief counseling#Validity of "Complicated Grief"
• Grief#Types and duration

References

1. ^ "Complex Grief". Care search - Palliative care knowledge network. Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing as part of the National Palliative Care Program. 2010-01-22. http://www.caresearch.com.au/caresearch/ClinicalPractice/PsychologicalSocialSpiritual/BereavementandGrief/ComplexGrief/tabid/1346/Default.aspx. Retrieved 2010-10-12. 

Further reading

• Selby Jacobs (1999). Traumatic grief: diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. Psychology Press. ISBN 9780876309865. 
• Mardi J. Horowitz, Bryna Siegel, Are Holen, George A. Bonanno, Constance Milbrath, and Charles H. Stinson (2003). "Diagnostic Criteria for Complicated Grief Disorder". Focus (American Psychiatric Association) 1: 290–298. 
• Margaret Stroebe, Henk Schut, Paul Boelen, and Jan Van Den Bout, ed. Complicated Grief: Scientific Foundations for Health Care Professionals. Routledge. ISBN 9780415603935. 
• James William Worden (2009). Grief counseling and grief therapy: a handbook for the mental health practitioner (4th ed.). Springer Publishing Company. ISBN 9780826101204. 
• Junietta Baker McCall (2004). "When grief becomes complicated". Haworth religion and mental health. Routledge. ISBN 9780789017840. 

External links

• An article on treatment of complex grief from BBC News

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