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Functional Psychoses and Social Status

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Berthold Grünfeld  and
Christen Salvesen
Berthold Grünfeld
Affiliation:
Gaustad Mental Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Christen Salvesen
Affiliation:
Gaustad Mental Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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The relationship between mental disorder and social background has for many years attracted the interest of epidemiologically oriented psychiatrists. Investigations in several countries have demonstrated that patients admitted to mental hospitals are recruited to a large degree from the lower social strata of society, but there is still a vast difference of opinion in so far as interpretations of these findings are concerned.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 114 , Issue 511 , June 1968 , pp. 733 - 737
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1968 

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