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Subjective Age in Chronic Schizophrenia: Evidence for a Sub-Group of Patients with Defective Learning Capacity?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

T. J. Crow  and
W. S. Mitchell
T. J. Crow
Affiliation:
Head, Division of Psychiatry, Clinical Research Centre, Northwick Park Hospital, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ
W. S. Mitchell
Affiliation:
Department of Mental Health, University of Aberdeen
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Most people are aware of their own age, and are able to give it, at least to within a year or two, without reflection. Correct recall presumably depends upon the information being revised and up-dated with the passage of time, i.e. upon a new learning process. Some demented and mentally subnormal patients may be expected to be deficient in reporting their ages, but little is recorded that would lead one to expect such a defect in patients suffering from a functional psychosis.

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Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 126 , Issue 4 , April 1975 , pp. 360 - 363
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1975 

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