Victim Services: Coping with Traumatic Death Due to UAD

To find out more information about your state’s specific laws regarding under- age drinking, you can do to the website for the Alcohol Policy Information System at alcoholpolicy.niaaa.nih.gov/.

What Makes Traumatic/Sudden Death Different?

It is difficult to imagine the magnitude of pain associated with the traumatic death of a loved one. When someone is killed suddenly and/or vi- olently, grief reactions of family and friends can be intense, complicated, and long lasting. If your loved one was killed as a result of an underage drinking tragedy you may feel a depth of emo- tions you would never have thought possible. At times it may feel like you have gone crazy, but as unusual as you may feel, these responses are a normal part of the grief process related to traumatic death.

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