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Women whose mothers died in childhood: an outcome study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

John Birtchnell
John Birtchnell*
Affiliation:
MRC Clinical Psychiatry Unit, Graylingwell Hospital, Chichester, Sussex
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1Address for correspondence: Dr John Birtchnell, MRC Clinical Psychiatry Unit, Graylingwell Hospital, Chichester, Sussex PO19 4PQ.
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Synopsis

The incidence of psychiatric symptoms in a community sample of mother-bereaved women was not excessive. No differences emerged when a series of 160 female psychiatric patients whose mothers died before age 11 were compared with 80 female controls. Fifty bereaved women who had bad relationships with their mother replacements had specific clinical characteristics.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 10 , Issue 4 , November 1980 , pp. 699 - 713
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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