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Making contact – bereavement and Asperger's syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Geoffrey M Marston  and
David Clarke
Geoffrey M Marston
Affiliation:
West Midlands Rotational Training Scheme, Brooklands, Coleshill Road, Marston Green, Birmingham B37 7HL, England
David Clarke
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Psychiatric Hospital, Mindelson Way, Birmingham B15 2QZ, England
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Abstract

A case of abnormal bereavement is described in a man with borderline learning disability and Asperger's syndrome. Bereavement issues and concurrent assessment of psychiatric illness in people with pervasive developmental disorders are discussed. Particular reference is made to relevant psychopathology and possible underlying psychodynamic mechanisms.

Keywords

Asperger's syndromeBereavementPsychopathology
Type
Case Reports
Information
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , March 1999 , pp. 29 - 31
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999

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