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The British Journal of Psychiatry 175: 348-350 (1999)
© 1999 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Bereavement and grief in adults with learning disabilities. A follow-up study

E Bonell-Pascual, S Huline-Dickens, S Hollins, A Esterhuyzen, P Sedgwick, A Abdelnoor and J Hubert
Department of Psychiatry of Disability, St George's Hospital Medical School, London.

BACKGROUND: This paper reports on the follow-up of a cohort of parentally bereaved adults with learning disabilities. AIMS: To investigate whether significant psychopathology, present up to 2.1 years after the death, had resolved five years later. METHOD: Of an original sample of 50 adults with learning disabilities, 41 were reassessed. The Aberrant Behaviour Checklist and the Psychopathology Instrument for Mentally Retarded Adults were re-administered to carers. RESULTS: At follow-up, there was a small increase in the measures of aberrant behaviour. Measures of psychopathology showed improvement, and in particular there was a reduction in anxiety. CONCLUSIONS: The response to bereavement by adults with learning disabilities is similar in type, though not in expression, to that of the general population. Learning disability is a significant predictor of mental health problems following bereavement. Participants adapted more easily when basic emotional needs had been constructively met by carers.


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