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The British Journal of Psychiatry (1975) 126: 360-363. doi: 10.1192/bjp.126.4.360
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Subjective Age in Chronic Schizophrenia: Evidence for a Sub-Group of Patients with Defective Learning Capacity?

T. J. CROW M.B., B.S., Ph.D., M.R.C.P., M.R.C.Psych.1 and W. S. MITCHELL M.A., Ph.D.2

1 Head, Division of Psychiatry, Clinical Research Centre, Northwick Park Hospital, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ
2 Research Fellow, Department of Mental Health, University of Aberdeen

A survey of the subjective ages of 237 chronic male in-patients, diagnosed as suffering from schizophrenia, revealed that approximately 25 per cent believed themselves to be five or more years younger than they really were, 12 per cent believed themselves to be within five years of their age at admission, although they were on average 28 years older than this, and 5 per cent thought their age was within one year of the age at admission. It is suggested that these findings may identify a sub-group of severely incapacitated patients who, amongst other dysfunctions, have a defective capacity for acquiring new information.

Submitted on August 2, 1974




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