When a person has difficulty progressing through his or her loss experience, he or she experiences complicated grief. What are the types of complicated grief? (Select all that apply.)
a. Chronic
b. Delayed
c. Exaggerated
d. Masked
e. Disenfranchised
A, B, C, D
The four types of complicated grief are chronic, delayed, exaggerated, and masked. Disenfran-chised grief occurs in situations in which others view a person's loss as insignificant or invalid. This is not a type of complicated grief.
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