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Psychiatric disorder in an adult training centre and a hospital for the mentally handicapped

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Brian R. Ballinger  and
Andrew H. Reid
Brian R. Ballinger*
Affiliation:
Strathmartine Hospital, Dundee
Andrew H. Reid
Affiliation:
Strathmartine Hospital, Dundee
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr B. R. Ballinger, Dundee Psychiatric Services, Royal Dundee Liff Hospital, Liff, by Dundee DD2 5NF.
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Synopsis

Seventy-five mentally handicapped adult individuals attending a training centre were compared with 75 adult patients in a mental subnormality hospital using a standardized psychiatric interview. Ten of the individuals at the training centre were rated in the pathological range for overall psychiatric disturbance compared with 23 patients in hospital. Details are presented for the various psychiatric symptoms.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , August 1977 , pp. 525 - 528
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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