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Ascorbic Acid and Chronic Schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Brice Pitt  and
Norman Pollitt
Brice Pitt
Affiliation:
Churchill Clinic, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow, Essex. (Late Consultant Psychiatrist, Claybury Hospital, Woodford Bridge, Essex)
Norman Pollitt
Affiliation:
Roche Products Ltd., Welwyn Garden City, Herts.; Clinical Assistant, Department of Medicine, West London Hospital, London, W.6
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Milner (1963), using urinary saturation tests to determine ascorbic acid levels in a group of male chronic schizophrenics, reported that far higher doses of ascorbic acid were required to achieve saturation in that group than in normal subjects. Briggs (1962) observed hypovitaminosis C in schizophrenics, and postulated a disturbance of ascorbic acid metabolism which could be relevant to the biochemical basis of schizophrenia.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 118 , Issue 543 , February 1971 , pp. 227 - 228
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1971 

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