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Intelligence of Patients in Subnormality Hospitals: A Survey of Admissions in 1961

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

J. H. F. Castell  and
P. J. Mittler
J. H. F. Castell
Affiliation:
University College, Swansea
P. J. Mittler
Affiliation:
Birkbeck College, University of London
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This paper is one of two considering certain aspects of the Mental Health Act, 1959, in relation to subnormal patients; it is based on a report of a Working Party submitted to the Council of the British Psychological Society and is published with the Society's approval. (The second paper (Mittler and Castell, 1964) considers plans for hospital and community care.)

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 111 , Issue 472 , March 1965 , pp. 219 - 225
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1965 

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