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The Significance of Stupor in the Long-Term Outcome of Chronic Schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

J. C. Rigby ,
S. M. Wood  and
R. H. S. Mindham
J. C. Rigby*
Affiliation:
Tone Vale Hospital, Taunton, and Tutor in Mental Health, University of Bristol, Greaves Hall Hospital
S. M. Wood
Affiliation:
Rampton Hospital, Retford, Nottinghamshire
R. H. S. Mindham
Affiliation:
University of Leeds
*
∗ Greaves Hall Hospital, Southport, Merseyside PR9 8BL
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Abstract

The admission records of 271 long-stay chronic schizophrenic patients, resident in a large psychiatric hospital, were examined in order to identify those who had presented in stupor at the onset of their illness. Twelve patients were found (ten men and two women). When compared, in terms of current mental state and behaviour, with a similar sample of schizophrenics in whom stupor had been absent, significant differences between the two groups were detected, with those presenting in stupor demonstrating a less favourable outcome.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 155 , Issue 3 , September 1989 , pp. 352 - 355
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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