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Floods of tears but nobody drowned: a resident dies unexpectedly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Josephine Anne Richards
Josephine Anne Richards*
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Towers Hospital, Gipsy Lane, Leicester LE5 0TD
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When I began my six month placement at The Lodge, an in-patient therapeutic community for those with emotional and personality disorders, there were 13 residents. Three left and two more joined us over the following month. Our consultant was on annual leave when the community was devastated by the unexpected death of a long-standing resident, who I will refer to as B. At the time of his death he was a well integrated member of the community.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , January 1993 , pp. 32 - 34
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