LEPROSY AND PSYCHOSIS

PAUL LOWINGERAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 116, Number 1

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.116.1.32

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Leprosy is a unique stress with anatomic, physiologic, psychologic and social effects on the individual. Here is an opportunity to explore this stress in terms of the mental reaction. We would expect to learn much about causation of schizophrenia and psychosis in the Carville patients. Such a study also offers hope of a better understanding of the role of psychological and social factors in the origin of all schizophrenia.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 116 • Number 1 • July 1959

Pages: 32 - 37

PubMed: 13661445

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Published in print: July 1959

Published online: 1 April 2006

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PAUL LOWINGER

The Lafayette Clinic and Wayne State University College of Medicine, Detroit, Mich.

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