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The British Journal of Psychiatry (1970) 116: 511-515. doi: 10.1192/bjp.116.534.511
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A Five Year Follow-up of Untreated Psychopaths

P. D. MADDOCKS M.B., M.R.C.P., D.P.M.1

1 Senior Registrar, Department of Psychological Medicine, St. Thomas' Hospital, London, S.E.1

To find out how many psychopaths settle down, 59 patients who were first seen in the psychiatric out-patient department in the years 1961, 1962 and 1963 were followed up. The average length of follow-up was 5.6 years.

On follow-up, 10, 17 per cent, had settled down; 39, 66 per cent, had not settled down; 3, 5 per cent, had died; and 7, 12 per cent, could not be found. One quarter were chronic alcoholics, and one quarter were chronic hypochondriacs. Although the conviction rate falls with increasing age, at least three out of five will not make a satisfactory adjustment, and there is a need for treatment to improve this figure.

Submitted on January 16, 1969




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