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Some Observations on the Ætiology of Dementia Præcox

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

W. S. Jagoe Shaw
W. S. Jagoe Shaw*
Affiliation:
Burma Mental Hospital, and Central Mental Hospital, Poona, India
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It is generally admitted that hereditary predisposition plays an important part in the development of dementia præcox (or schizophrenia), and that a family history of mental illness is traceable in about 60% of cases.

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Part I.—Original Articles
Information
Journal of Mental Science , Volume 76 , Issue 314 , July 1930 , pp. 505 - 511
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1930 

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