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A Clinical Investigation of Reactions to Pain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

H. Merskey
Affiliation:
University of Sheffield
A. Gillis
Affiliation:
Cherry Knowle Hospital, Ryhope, Sunderland
K. S. Marszalek
Affiliation:
Cherry Knowle Hospital, Ryhope, Sunderland

Extract

This paper represents an attempt to measure the reliability of the clinical assessment of the reaction to pain and further to estimate the significance of this reaction in a group of chronic schizophrenic patients.

Type
Psychological
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1962 

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