During a health history,a patient whose wife died unexpectedly 6 months ago in a motor vehicle accident admits to drinking at least six whiskeys every night before going to bed.Which type of grief does this best illustrate?

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This scenario best illustrates masked grief, where the person's behavior is a way of masking or hiding the pain of their loss. The patient's excessive drinking is a coping mechanism to deal with the grief of losing his wife, indicating that the grief is being expressed through an unhealthy behavior rather than being directly addressed.

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