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The fictive personality revisited

Psychiatric admission as a consequence of Princess Diana's death

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Jill Chaloner
Jill Chaloner*
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Warley Hospital, Brentwood, Essex CM14 5HQ
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A 45-year-old woman with no previous psychiatric history had three psychiatric in-patient admissions with symptoms of suicidal ideation and depression which she attributed solely to the effect on her of Princess Diana's death.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 23 , Issue 9: The Journal of Trends in Psychiatric Practice , September 1999 , pp. 559 - 561
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