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Amnesic syndrome in schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

P. J. McKenna ,
D. Tamlyn ,
C. E. Lund ,
A. M. Mortimer ,
S. Hammond  and
A. D. Baddeley
P. J. McKenna*
Affiliation:
Fulbourn Hospital MRC Applied Psychology Unit, Cambridge; Leeds Rotational Training Scheme, University of Leeds; St Luke's Hospital, Huddersfield
D. Tamlyn
Affiliation:
Fulbourn Hospital MRC Applied Psychology Unit, Cambridge; Leeds Rotational Training Scheme, University of Leeds; St Luke's Hospital, Huddersfield
C. E. Lund
Affiliation:
Fulbourn Hospital MRC Applied Psychology Unit, Cambridge; Leeds Rotational Training Scheme, University of Leeds; St Luke's Hospital, Huddersfield
A. M. Mortimer
Affiliation:
Fulbourn Hospital MRC Applied Psychology Unit, Cambridge; Leeds Rotational Training Scheme, University of Leeds; St Luke's Hospital, Huddersfield
S. Hammond
Affiliation:
Fulbourn Hospital MRC Applied Psychology Unit, Cambridge; Leeds Rotational Training Scheme, University of Leeds; St Luke's Hospital, Huddersfield
A. D. Baddeley
Affiliation:
Fulbourn Hospital MRC Applied Psychology Unit, Cambridge; Leeds Rotational Training Scheme, University of Leeds; St Luke's Hospital, Huddersfield
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr P. J. McKenna, Fulbourn Hospital, Fulbourn, Cambridge CB1 5EF.
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Synopsis

Memory impairment is not usually considered to form part of the clinical picture of schizophrenia, except perhaps in severely deteriorated patients. In a survey of 60 patients encompassing all grades of severity and chronicity poor memory performance was found to be common, sometimes substantial, and disproportionately pronounced compared to the degree of general intellectual impairment. Although associated with severity and chronicity of illness, impaired memory was by no means confined to old, institutionalized, or markedly deteriorated patients. The pattern of deficit appeared to resemble that of the classic amnesic syndrome rather than that seen in Alzheimer-type dementia.

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Preliminary Communication
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 20 , Issue 4 , November 1990 , pp. 967 - 972
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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