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The British Journal of Psychiatry (1974) 124: 446-452. doi: 10.1192/bjp.124.5.446
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Intelligence and Neurosis in Old Age

C. NUNN M.B., B.S., M.R.C.Psych.1, K. BERGMANN M.D., Ch.B., M.R.C.Psych.2, P. G. BRITTON B.A., Ph.D., A.B.P.S.3, E. M. FOSTER D.P.A., A.I.M.S.W.4, E. H. HALL B.A.5, and D. W. K. KAY M.A., D.M., F.R.C.P., F.R.C.Psych.6

1 Consultant Psychiatrist, Knowle Hospital, Fareham, Hants. PO17 5NA
2 Consultant Psychiatrist, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 6BE
3 Lecturer in Applied Psychology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP
4 Social Worker, Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP
5 Clinical Psychologist, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 6BE
6 Consultant Psychiatrist, Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP

178 people aged 65 or over, who were living in the community, were tested on a shortened form of the WAIS by a psychologist, and their physical, social and psychiatric state assessed independently by a psychiatrist and a social worker. After excluding paranoid illnesses and organic brain syndromes, the relationship between neurosis and a number of other variables was examined in the light of a six-year follow-up.

Evidence was found that below-average intelligence is one of several factors which independently contribute to the development or persistence of neurotic illnesses in old age.

Submitted on May 18, 1973






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