因新型冠状病毒肺炎死亡对患者的家属是重大创伤，家属会因此承受巨大的痛苦和哀伤。哀伤反应可以分为正常的哀伤反应和异常的哀伤反应。后者反应更强烈，程度更严重，持续时间过长，哀伤反应延迟或者哀伤反应抑制和扭曲。对于异常哀伤反应的处理包括咨询、支持性团体、心理治疗和药物治疗。“,”The death of a family member died with the novel coronavirus pneumonia is a special traumatic stress to the other family members and they will bear unbelievable distress and dramatic sorrow. The grief responses can be divided into normal grief responses and abnormal grief responses. The latter are much stronger, more severe, last longer and the responses can be delayed or inhibited or distorted. The management of abnormal grief responses includes counseling, supportive group, psychotherapy and medications.