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A Comparative Study of Chronic Schizophrenics and Normal Subjects on a Work Task Involving Sequential Operations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

W. V. Wadsworth ,
B. W. P. Wells  and
R. F. Scott
W. V. Wadsworth
Affiliation:
Cheadle Royal Hospital, Cheadle, Cheshire
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This study is intended to yield information about the type of task that a chronic schizophrenic might be expected to succeed at and, conversely, the conditions under which their disabilities are magnified. The primary purpose is to obtain data to act as a guide in the design of work for such patients, and secondly to produce more general information about the differences between the normal person and the chronic schizophrenic on sequential operations. The task studied involved primarily both long and short-term memory functions, together with the associated processes of attention.

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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 108 , Issue 454 , May 1962 , pp. 309 - 316
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1962 

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References

Wadsworth, W. V., Scott, R. F., and Wells, B. W. P., “Employability of long-stay schizophrenic patients”, Lancet, 1961, ii, 593–5.Google Scholar
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