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100 admissions to a psychopathic unit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

Michael Craft ,
Walter Fabisch ,
Geoffrey Stephenson ,
Gordon Burnand  and
David Kerridge
Michael Craft
Affiliation:
North Wales Adolescent Unit, Oakwood Park, Conway; Balderton Hospital, Notts
Walter Fabisch
Affiliation:
Mapperley Hospital, Nottingham
Geoffrey Stephenson
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham
Gordon Burnand
Affiliation:
Saxondale Hospital, Notts
David Kerridge
Affiliation:
University of Sheffield
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This paper reports the work of a clinical team on 100 consecutive first admissions to a unit constructed for the treatment of psychopaths at Balderton Hospital, Newark, Notts, and opened 1958–61. To prevent bias all male admission with behaviour disorder admitted between 1958–60 are here reported except: five admitted for observation of less than a week, twenty-two admitted only for remand, and those with a Wechsler or Stanford Binet I.Q. less than 56. The unit specialized in delinquents with mental disorder, and received admissions from all over Britain.

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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 108 , Issue 456 , September 1962 , pp. 564 - 583
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1962 

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