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Phenomenology of Organic and Functional Psychoses and the Overlap Between Them

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Eve C. Johnstone*
Affiliation:
The United Norwich Hospitals
N. J. Cooling
Affiliation:
The United Norwich Hospitals
C. D. Frith
Affiliation:
The United Norwich Hospitals
T. J. Crow
Affiliation:
The United Norwich Hospitals
D. G. C. Owens
Affiliation:
The United Norwich Hospitals
*
Northwick Park Hospital and Clinical Research Centre, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ

Abstract

The Present State Examination was conducted upon 328 recently admitted psychotic patients, of whom 23 were later found to have underlying organic illness. The phenomenology in these 23 was compared with that of 92 matching controls drawn from the parent sample who conformed to DSM-III criteria for schizophrenia, mania and depression. Few significant differences were present and there was considerable overlap between the diagnostic groups.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1988 

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