GB 0100 KCLCA IOP/FAM - Institute of Psychiatry, Familial and Environmental Factors in Functional Psychosis Study

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GB 0100 KCLCA IOP/FAM

Title

Institute of Psychiatry, Familial and Environmental Factors in Functional Psychosis Study

Date(s)

  • [1987] (Creation)

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24 boxes

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Biographical history

In 1987 the Institute of Psychiatry ran the Familial and Environmental Factors in Functional Psychosis Study. The study aimed to establish the significance of familial and early environmental factors in psychotic illness. The study involved interviewing patients and first degree relatives (preferably the mother), examining patients' educational history prior to illness and taking CT (computerised tomography) scans.

Archival history

GB 0100 KCLCA IOP/FAM [1987] Collection (fonds) 24 boxes Division of Psychological Medicine , Institute of Psychiatry

In 1987 the Institute of Psychiatry ran the Familial and Environmental Factors in Functional Psychosis Study. The study aimed to establish the significance of familial and early environmental factors in psychotic illness. The study involved interviewing patients and first degree relatives (preferably the mother), examining patients' educational history prior to illness and taking CT (computerised tomography) scans.

Received from the Institute of Psychiatry, Jan 2006.

Papers relating to the Familial and Environmental Factors in Functional Psychosis Study, 1987, comprising patient files; data from patient interviews; data sheets detailing the patients' symptoms and treatment; project proposal, blank forms and questionnaires used in the study and in-patient medical notes relating to patients with schizophrenia.

Arranged in two sections as follows: patient files, and data and administrative material.

The collection contains sensitive personal information and medical details, apply to the Director of Archives and Information Management, King's College London, for details on access.

The collection contains sensitive personal information and medical details, apply to the Director of Archives and Information Management, King's College London, for details on reproductions.

English

No additional finding aids.

Institute of Psychiatry , Maudsley Twin Psychosis studies (ref: IOP/TWIN)
TWINS' EARLY DEVELOPMENT STUDY (TEDS)(ref: IOP/TEDS)

Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Jan 2008 Psychiatry Psychopathology Mental diseases Psychoses Pathology Diseases Schizophrenia Medical research Institute of Psychiatry

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Received from the Institute of Psychiatry, Jan 2006.

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Scope and content

Papers relating to the Familial and Environmental Factors in Functional Psychosis Study, 1987, comprising patient files; data from patient interviews; data sheets detailing the patients' symptoms and treatment; project proposal, blank forms and questionnaires used in the study and in-patient medical notes relating to patients with schizophrenia.

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Accruals

System of arrangement

Arranged in two sections as follows: patient files, and data and administrative material.

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Conditions governing access

The collection contains sensitive personal information and medical details, apply to the Director of Archives and Information Management, King's College London, for details on access.

Conditions governing reproduction

The collection contains sensitive personal information and medical details, apply to the Director of Archives and Information Management, King's College London, for details on reproductions.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Institute of Psychiatry , Maudsley Twin Psychosis studies (ref: IOP/TWIN)
TWINS' EARLY DEVELOPMENT STUDY (TEDS)(ref: IOP/TEDS)

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King's College London College Archives

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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  • English

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