Shortly after the police told Lucinda that her 12-year-old daughter had been killed by a hit-and-run driver, she went into a catatonic state. A few hours later, she began to hear voices, and her speech became disorganized. She said that an angel had come to visit her. These symptoms stopped after several days. Lucinda was suffering from.

Brief psychotic disorder

Explanation:

  According to the given question, the Lucinda is basically suffering from the psychotic disorder as her daughter has been encountered with an accident due to the hit and run driver.

The brief psychotic disorder is one of the type of psychotic behavior of the person which is basically caused due to some unforeseen circumstances or the natural disasters.

The main cause of the psychotic disorder is to due sudden stress and the disorganized behavior of the person which include delusions. Therefore, Brief psychotic disorder is the correct answer.