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Disorders of mental handicap institutions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Stephen Read*
Affiliation:
St James's University Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF
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In each of three mental handicap hospitals I have observed an institutional disorder. From consideration of these I have suggested a classification. I have analysed the aetiology and pathogenesis of some of these disorders and discuss the treatment and prognosis.

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989

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