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Depression in Chronic Paranoid Schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Alec Roy*
Affiliation:
Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, 250 College Street, Toronto, M5T 1R8, Canada

Summary

Amongst 100 chronic paranoid schizophrenics depression occurred in 30 per cent over a mean 6 years and was significantly associated with parental loss before 17 years.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1980 

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