ABSTRACT
The hospital records disclose the usual dismal reports over the years so typical of descrip tions of chronic schizo phrenia.
Her affect is flattened. She has audit ory hallu cin a tions, ideas of refer ence and influ ence, varying delu sions of perse cu tion. She says she is tormen ted and torn to pieces: she feels people put unpleas ant sexual ideas into her head. She suffers from vague and woolly thoughts. She spec u lates on reli gious themes: she is perplexed, puzzled about the meaning of life. When the investig a tion began she was regarded as no better in all these respects, and was in addi tion more impuls ive. She was said to be suffer ing from dimin ished sexual control, and a preg nancy had been termin ated and she had been ster il ized. She had never married, but had had a baby girl during the war, who was adopted.
