BEREAVEMENT
Bereavement and grief are not limited to the death of people we love. Any experience that involves a sense of loss has a corresponding dimension of grief. The loss of one's health or a financial reversal are examples of loss that doesn't involve physical death.
However, without doubt, the ultimate bereavement is the termination of physical life. The sense of loss is compounded when it involves an untimely death (the death of a child) or death is self-inflicted.
