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A bereavement counselling course: training for a multidisciplinary group of mental health professionals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Gianetta Rands  and
Fionnuala McKiernan
Gianetta Rands
Affiliation:
The Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AZ
Fionnuala McKiernan
Affiliation:
The Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AZ
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For some time it has been recognised that death and non-death loss events are commonly associated with the onset of psychiatric illnesses, especially affective conditions (e.g. Murphy, 1982). Studies have shown that counselling targeted at high risk grievers can significantly reduce their psychological and psychosomatic manifestations of grief, with an associated reduction in the use of statutory services (Raphael, 1977; Parkes, 1980). Bereavement counselling thus offers one of the few opportunities to implement preventive psychiatry.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , January 1993 , pp. 25 - 26
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists 1993

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