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Recent Bereavement as a Cause of Mental Illness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

C. Murray Parkes
C. Murray Parkes*
Affiliation:
Maudsley Hospital, London; now at Tavistock Institute of Human Relations, London, W.1
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Extract

Two hundred years ago “griefe” was officially regarded as a cause of death. It is doubtful if the Registrar-General would accept such a diagnosis today but the loss of a loved person continues to be seen as a cause of a wide variety of physical and mental ailments.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 110 , Issue 465 , March 1964 , pp. 198 - 204
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1964 

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