Relevance of pre-morbid cognitive impairment of schizophrenia
dc.contributor.author
Doody, Gillian
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dc.date.accessioned
2017-04-20T10:36:03Z
dc.date.available
2017-04-20T10:36:03Z
dc.date.issued
1998
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This thesis begins with an exploration of the historical associations between
learning disability and schizophrenia, which leads to the modern supposition
that schizophrenia is commoner in people with learning disability than the
normal population. A critical evaluation of both community and hospital
epidemiological studies indicates that the point prevalence of schizophrenia in
people with mild learning disability is around 3% i.e. around three times that
expected in the normal population. Five possible mechanisms to account for
this increase are postulated and discussed: a chance co-occurrence, a
common aetiology, an epiphenomenon, a severe schizophrenia and a 'de
novo' disease.
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dc.identifier.uri
http://hdl.handle.net/1842/21207
dc.publisher
The University of Edinburgh
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dc.relation.ispartof
Annexe Thesis Digitisation Project 2016 Block 9
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dc.title
Relevance of pre-morbid cognitive impairment of schizophrenia
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dc.type
Thesis or Dissertation
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dc.type.qualificationlevel
Doctoral
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dc.type.qualificationname
MD Doctor of Medicine
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