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A Case of Affective Psychosis following

Bereavement in a Mentally Handicapped Woman

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

I. J. McLoughlin  and
M. S. Bhate
I. J. McLoughlin*
Affiliation:
Darlington Memorial Hospital; formerly Prudhoe Hospital
M. S. Bhate
Affiliation:
Prudhoe Hospital
*
Darlington Memorial Hospital, Hollyhurst Road, Darlington DL3 6HX
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Mentally handicapped people are increasingly being subjected to the stresses of everyday life, and bereavement represents a particularly potent stress. This report considers the case of a mentally handicapped woman whose difficulty in mourning and expressing and sharing grief had a profound effect on her recovery from bereavement and led to her developing an affective psychosis.

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Brief Report
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 151 , Issue 4 , October 1987 , pp. 552 - 554
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1987 

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