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Drift and Dangerousness Social Class Differences Between Acute Schizophrenics and Their Parents in Relation to Measures of Violence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Kenneth Seeman ,
Jerome A. Yesavage ,
Paul D. Werner  and
Jacqueline M. T. Becker
Kenneth Seeman
Affiliation:
Veterans Administration Medical Center, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94304
Jerome A. Yesavage
Affiliation:
Veterans Administration Medical Center, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94304
Paul D. Werner
Affiliation:
Veterans Administration Medical Center, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94304
Jacqueline M. T. Becker
Affiliation:
Veterans Administration Medical Center, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94304
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Summary

Socio-economic differences between schizophrenics on an acute in-patient unit and their parents were studied in relation to indices of dangerousness and of psychiatric status, It was found that, whatever their class of origin, a large proportion of patients had dropped in occupational attainment, relative to that of their parents, but that patients tended to be higher in education than their parents. Patients who had committed an assaultive act prior to admission were lower in social status than their parents.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 141 , Issue 3 , September 1982 , pp. 267 - 270
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1982 

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