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Typed case summary, notes, reports and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: hebephrenic schizophrenia; hallucinations; depressive episodes; and paranoid ideas. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Correspondence relating to female patient aged 60 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: depression; anxiety; chronic headaches; and hysterical outbursts. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 66 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: agitated depression. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 77 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: chronic depression; parkinsonism; stiffness in limbs; and herpes zoster. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Correspondence, reports, charts and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 66 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: chronic depression; headache; hypochondriasis; and hypertension. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Summary includes brief description of house interior. Topics discussed include: Accommodation; unemployment; neighbours.Acommodation: INTVEE and family are tenants in a cottage type house, previous tenants had been evicted and the house was in a shocking state despite the Corporation carrying out cleaning and repairs.Unemployment: During the interview INTVEE became upset about her husband's imprisonment for theft and subsequent inability to find work. She showed much...

Scope and Contents Health: Male resident suffering from TB, female resident suffers bouts of depression. INTVER has previously spoke to the GP about her to be told she had been given drugs and sympathy but nothing worked, she wouldn't help herself. At the time of this interview she seemed improved and credited the GP with giving her "the biggest telling off I've had for years" which she said did her a world of good.Employment: Female resident working part time at Crawfords Biscuit factory in Leith...