Social drift in forensic psychiatric inpatients with schizophrenia.
The highest social class before admission of 27 forensic psychiatric inpatients in a regional secure unit who suffered from schizophrenia was found to be significantly lower than that of their fathers. This is the first report of social drift in this group of patients.
Treasaden
I H
IH
Imperial College School of Medicine, London, UK.
Lekh
S K
SK
Puri
B K
BK
D000328:Adult; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012937:Social Mobility