Format
Leaflet, Infographic, Fact sheet, Poster
Published by / Citation
National Center for Child Traumatic Stress
Keywords
childhood
mental health
trauma

Childhood Traumatic Grief: Youth Information Sheet

Most of you who experience the death of someone important adjust and recover over time. However, some of you may have more trouble adjusting and may develop Childhood Traumatic Grief. This can happen if the death was sudden, such as from a homicide, suicide, mass shooting, disaster, accident, or an unexpected medical reason. However, you can also have a traumatic reaction even if the death was from natural causes like old age, or a terminal illness such as cancer, especially if it was sudden, confusing, or scary in some way.

Find out more about traumatic grief and ways that you can improve your wellbeing here.