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IX. Concluding Remarks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2018

Eve C. Johnstone ,
C. D. Frith ,
J. Leary  and
D. G. C. Owens
Eve C. Johnstone
Affiliation:
Northwick Park Hospital and Clinical Research Centre, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ University Department of Psychiatry, The Kennedy Tower, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh EH10 5HF
C. D. Frith
Affiliation:
Northwick Park Hospital and Clinical Research Centre, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ
J. Leary
Affiliation:
Division of Psychiatry, Northwick Park Hospital and Clinical Research Centre, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ
D. G. C. Owens
Affiliation:
Northwick Park Hospital and Clinical Research Centre, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ
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Abstract

This report concerns 532 patients with schizophrenia. Many items of information have been recorded and the results have been quickly drawn together for publication. It is likely that more detailed analyses of the data will be conducted in time, but this publication reports the central facts derived from this extensive investigation. They can be simply stated. The disorder remains very common. Five hundred and thirty-two individuals with schizophrenia as defined by the Feighner criteria were discharged from Harrow services over 10 years. It was possible to trace the great majority of these patients. In many cases the illness was clearly associated with recurrent or persistent problems. The mean number of admissions required was 5.37 (Fig. 1) and on average patients spent 13.7 of the 120 months between 1975 and 1985 in hospital (Fig. 2).

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 159 , Issue S13: Disabilities and Circumstances of Schizophrenic Patients — A Follow-Up Study , October 1991 , pp. 43 - 46
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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