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Age Disorientation in Chronic Schizophrenia is Not Associated with Pre-morbid Intellectual Impairment or Past Physical Treatment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

N. Buhrich ,
T. J. Crow ,
E. C. Johnstone  and
D. G. C. Owens
N. Buhrich
Affiliation:
St Vincents Hospital, Darlinghurst, New South Wales
T. J. Crow*
Affiliation:
Head of Division and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist
D. G. C. Owens
Affiliation:
Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow
*
∗Clinical Research Centre, Northwick Park Hospital, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ
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Abstract

Forty-two long-stay hospital patients with chronic schizophrenia were divided into age and sex-matched groups with and without temporal disorientation, and assessed for premorbid academic performance and past physical treatment. The schooling of schizophrenic patients who had cognitive impairment, as identified by gross temporal disorientation, did not differ from those who were cognitively intact. The groups did not differ in past history of ECT, insulin coma, neuroleptic treatment, or psychosurgery. Patients with age disorientation were on lower mean doses of neuroleptic or anticholinergic medication. Gross cognitive impairment thus appears to occur in the course of the disease and is not due to physical treatment.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 152 , Issue 4 , April 1988 , pp. 466 - 469
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1988 

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