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Showing papers by "Robin M. Murray published in 1982"


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TL;DR: Three rapid interviews have considerable potential for use in the routine screening of high-risk groups, such as hospital patients and the Brief MAST, the Cage, and the Reich interviews each identified nine out of ten alcoholics.

424 citations


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TL;DR: Some common environmental factor, possibly perinatal damage, may have led to the increase in ventricular size in the schizophrenia-discordant pairs, with schizophrenia developing in the more severely affected twin.

297 citations


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TL;DR: A questionnaire combining items on alcohol consumption with the four CAGE questions was used by 27 housemen to detect abnormal drinking among 520 patients of all specialties admitted to a general hospital.
Abstract: A questionnaire combining items on alcohol consumption with the four CAGE questions was used by 27 housemen to detect abnormal drinking among 520 patients of all specialties admitted to a general hospital. 15.6--23.2% of patients were classified as abnormal drinkers with the largest proportions occurring among the emergency surgical, orthopaedic, psychiatric and medical patients. 95% of the abnormal drinkers were detected by the questions on consumption alone, while 22 of the 28 patients who were identified by both the consumption and CAGE questions had been admitted as a direct result of alcohol abuse. With the aid of simple questionnaire and some encouragement, junior medical staff can become quite adept at detecting abnormal drinkers in the course of their routine practice.

57 citations


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TL;DR: Urinary output of endogenous monoamine oxidase inhibitor was significantly greater in a group of postwithdrawal alcoholics than in controls and an oral dose of 0.5 g of L-dopa reduced output to control values in the alcoholics, but in the controls themselves output was unaffected.

32 citations



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TL;DR: It is suggested that the common factor among these 3 subgroups is emotional or geographic isolation, and that this may enhance any tendency to obsessional ruminations and routines, which could also account for the higher Leyton scores and greater incidence of obsessional neurosis in the Irish.
Abstract: The Leyton Obsessional Inventory was administered to 69 orthopaedic patients in Glasgow, and their responses were compared with those of 77 similar subjects in London and 73 in Cork. The responses of the Scots and the English did not differ, but both of these groups were significantly less obsessional than the Irish subjects, who were particularly likely to regard cleanliness and tidiness as virtues in themselves. Obsessionality was unrelated to age, sex, social class, family size and birth order, but higher Leyton scores were found among bachelors, and among women living in the country and without outside employment. It is suggested that the common factor among these 3 subgroups is emotional or geographic isolation, and that this may enhance any tendency to obsessional ruminations and routines. This could also account for the higher Leyton scores and greater incidence of obsessional neurosis in the Irish.

5 citations