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The British Journal of Psychiatry 130: 23-28 (1977)
© 1977 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Mourning, mummification and living with the dead

A Gardner and M Pritchard

Six cases are reported in which the bereaved kept the decreased's body for periods ranging from one week to ten years. Some relevant anthropological and psychoanalytical observations are discussed. This phenomenon does not appear to have been reported in the literature of Western psychiatry.




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