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An Age-specific Analysis of the Neuroses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Carrick McDonald
Carrick McDonald*
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Warlingham Park Hospital, Warlingham, Surrey, CR3 97R
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Hare, Price and Slater (1971) plotted the age distribution of first admissions to hospital of patients suffering from schizophrenia and neurosis. (I.C.D. 7th Revision, Nos. 300, 303, 310–318). They found a close correspondence between the curves, and contrasted this with the deviation shown by similar age distribution curves plotted for mania, depression and personality disorder (I.C.D. 7th Revision, Nos. 301.0, 301.1, 301.2, 302, 320 and 321). Hare et al. argued from these curves that the environmental factors precipitating an attack are the same for schizophrenia as for neurosis.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 122 , Issue 569 , April 1973 , pp. 477 - 480
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1973 

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