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Intelligence and Neurosis in Old Age

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

C. M. H. Nunn ,
K. Bergmann ,
P. G. Britton ,
E. M. Foster ,
E. H. Hall  and
D. W. K. Kay
C. M. H. Nunn
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP; Knowle Hospital, Fareham, Hants. PO17 5NA
K. Bergmann
Affiliation:
Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 6BE
P. G. Britton
Affiliation:
University of Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP
E. M. Foster
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP
E. H. Hall
Affiliation:
Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 6BE
D. W. K. Kay
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP (to whom requests for reprints should be addressed)
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In a previous study of old people living in the community, those with functional psychiatric disorders (usually neuroses) were found to have relatively low IQs on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) (Britton et al., 1967). This observation required confirmation and was open to a number of interpretations.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 124 , Issue 582 , May 1974 , pp. 446 - 452
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1974 

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