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Senile Dementia—Some Aetiological Factors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Donald P. Oakley
Donald P. Oakley*
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Stanley Royd Hospital, Wakefield: 388 Barnsley Road, Sandal, Wakefield, Yorkshire
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It has been accepted that the major factor in the aetiology of senile dementia is the organic brain disease which can be demonstrated histologically (Corsellis, 1962). The work of Rothschild (1936) suggested that psychological differences between individuals might be contributory, and Sands and Rothschild (1952) claimed evidence that senile psychotics have similar pre-morbid personality traits to those found in involutional melancholies and that hypochondriasis, dependency and rigidity were prominent features in both. A similar opinion is given by Noyes and Kolb (1958), who believe that, “the person who develops senile dementia has often been characterized by rigid and static habits”.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 111 , Issue 474 , May 1965 , pp. 414 - 419
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1965 

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