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Perseveration—The Clinical Symptoms—In Chronic Schizophrenia and Organic Dementia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Thomas Freeman  and
C. E. Gathercole
Thomas Freeman
Affiliation:
Royal Dundee Liff Hospital, Dundee
C. E. Gathercole
Affiliation:
Professorial Unit, Rainhill Hospital, Liverpool
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In the controversy over the nature of schizophrenic “dementia” the weight of opinion has fallen on the side that emphasizes the differences which exist between this state and organic cerebral degenerations. While acknowledging these differences, it is important also to draw attention to the similarities between the impairment of chronic schizophrenia and the defect of organic dementia as it occurs in the elderly. We have chosen to compare the extent of perseveration in the two groups because this is a neglected field and because objective tests of such behaviour are readily devised.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 112 , Issue 482 , January 1966 , pp. 27 - 32
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1966 

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