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Oswin, M. 1991. Am I Allowed To Cry? London: Souvenir Press.

Oswin, M. 1992. Don't ask us to dance.. Clinical Psychology Forum, 44: 16–21. June

Worden, W. 1983. Grief Counselling and Grief Therapy London, UK: Tavistock.

Mawson, D, Marks, I M, Ramm, L and Stern, R S. 1981. Guided mourning for morbid grief; a controlled study. British Journal of Psychiatry, 138: 185–193.

Cathcart, F. 1991. Bereavement and mental handicap.. Bereavement Care, 10: 9–11.

Kitching, N. 1987. Helping people with mental handicaps cope with bereavement.. Mental Handicap, 15: 60–63.

Thurm, A. 1989. I've lost a good friend.. Nursing Times, 85: 66–68.

Finlay, I and Dallimore, D. 1991. Your child is dead.. British Medical Journal, 302: 1524–1525.

Singh, B and Raphael, B. 1981. Postdisaster morbidity of the bereaved: a possible role for preventive psychiatry.. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 169: 203–212.

Cathcart, F. 1988. Seeing the body after death.. British Medical Journal, 297: 997–998.

Cathcart, F. 1994. Understanding Death and Dying. A series of three booklets for the client, relative and professional carer Wolverhampton, UK: British Institute of Learning Disabilities. Available from Cruse—Bereavement Care, 126 Sheen Road, Richmond, Surrey TW9 1UR

Mansdorf, I J and Ben-David, N. 1986. Operant and cognitive intervention to restore effective functioning following a death in a family.. Behaviour Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 17: 193–196.

Black, D. Children may benefit from help in mourning.. Modern Medicine, February13

Lindsay, W, Howells, L and Pitcaithly, D. 1993. Cognitive therapy for depression with individuals with intellectual disabilities.. British Journal of Medical Psychology, 66: 135–141.

Turner, J and Graffam, J. 1987. Deceased loved ones in the dreams of mentally retarded adults.. American Journal of Retardation, 92: 282–289.

Bihm, E and Elliott, I. 1982. Conception of death in mentally retarded persons.. Journal of Psychology, 3: 205–210.

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Hollins, S and Sireling, L. 1989. When Dad Died. When Mum Died Swavesey, Cambridge CB4 5RA: Silent Books.

Hollins, S and Sireling, L. When Dad Died. A resource workbook published by NFER Also a video ‘The Last Taboo’ which is available from St George's Hospital Medical School, London SW17 ORE

Crick, L. 1988. Facing grief.. Nursing Times, 84: 61–63. July 13

Simpson, J, McFarland, E and Calvert, G J. 1990. Sudden deaths of patients in a mental handicap hospital.. Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 7: 129–131.

Parkes, C M and Weiss, R. 1983. Recovery from Bereavement New York: Basic Books.

Strachan, J G. 1981. Reactions to bereavement: a study of a group of mentally handicapped hospital residents.. Apex, 9: 20–21.

Mitchell, J. 1983. When disaster strikes.. Journal of the Emergency Medical Services, 8: 36–39.

Cathcart, F. 1993. “Bereavement and people with learning disabilities; interventions to support clients and staff”. In Paper for Third European Conference of the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies; Bergen, Norway

Stroebe, W and Stroebe, M. 1987. Bereavement and Health Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Neuberger, J. 1987. Caring for Dying People of Difference Faiths London: Lisa Sainsbury Foundation, Austin Comish.

Woodward, J. 1993. “Death in care highlights GP difficulties.”. In Minis Magazine Weekly 32–34. May 4