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Title: The palmar anhidrotic response in chronic schizophrenia
Authors: Orr, Michael
Keywords: Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia -- Case studies
Mental illness -- Case studies
Issue Date: 1970
Publisher: The St. Luke`s Hospital Gazette
Citation: Orr, M. (1970). The palmar anhidrotic response in chronic schizophrenia. The St. Luke`s Hospital Gazette, 5(2), 124-129.
Abstract: The palmar anhidrotic response to self-induced stress was investigated in a group of in-patient schizophrenics, a group of out-patient schizophrenics and a group of normal controls. The findings were then related to scores on clinical rating scales measuring the degree of withdrawal and the degree of morbidity both before and during the illness. 2. The control group and the group of outpatients showed normal palmar anhidrotic responses to the stress; the group of in-patients showed a paradoxical increase in the number of active glands immediately after the stress. 3. The basal level of the palmar sweating index was lower in the in-patient group than in the out-patient group and that of the out-patient group was lower than that in the group of normal controls. 4. The findings suggested that schizophrenic patients characterized by high chronicity, high withdrawal and a poor pre-morbid personality are also subject to some degree of automatic disorganization. This study was carried out at Littlemore Hospital, Oxford, and financed by the Rhodes Trust and by the Nuffield Foundation.
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/14379
Appears in Collections:TSLHG, Volume 5, Issue 2
TSLHG, Volume 5, Issue 2

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