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Assessing Schizophrenia in Adults with Mental Retardation

A Comparative Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Graham Meadows ,
Trevor Turner ,
Lachlan Campbell ,
Shôn W. Lewis ,
Michael A. Reveley  and
Robin M. Murray
Graham Meadows
Affiliation:
Maudsley Hospital, London
Trevor Turner
Affiliation:
St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School, London
Lachlan Campbell
Affiliation:
Bethlem Royal Hospital, Beckenham, Kent
Shôn W. Lewis
Affiliation:
Charing Cross Hospital, London
Michael A. Reveley
Affiliation:
London Hospital Medical College, London
Robin M. Murray*
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry and King's College Hospital, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

Twenty-five patients with mild mental retardation were compared with 26 schizophrenic patients of normal intelligence. The patients with retardation had suffered an earlier onset and were less likely to have been married or employed. However, the clinical phenomena exhibited by the two groups, as elicited by a SADS–L interview, were very similar. Thus, standardised interviews and criteria for schizophrenia can be readily applied to those with an IQ between 50 and 70.

Type
Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 158 , Issue 1 , January 1991 , pp. 103 - 105
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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