Some Psychiatric Non-Sequelae of Childhood Bereavement
The British Journal of PsychiatryPublished 1 March 1969
Alistair Munro, Annie Griffiths
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The results of an investigation into parental bereavement during childhood in a series of 279 psychiatric patients from the Leeds area is presented and none of the diagnostic categories shows any significant excess of parental Bereavement occurring at a particular stage in childhood.
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This article presents the results of a study initiated by the late G. R. Hargreaves, Nuffield Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Leeds.
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