Admission Details for Patient: I B C (9565)
Gender: Female Age: 42
Marital Status: Widowed Religion: Church of England
Occupation: School mistress
Address: Colwyn Bay, Carnarvonshire
Date of Admission: December 14, 1920
Date of Discharge: July 2, 1924
Discharge Category: Recovered
Disease: (Nothing entered)
Supposed Cause: Don't know
Medical Certificate:
She tells me that she is being poisoned by her father, W V, with whom she resides in rooms. She will not eat at the same table as him on account of this. She has had this delusion for about a week, and she has alleged it several times before.
Her mother, Mrs A I V, tells me she lives with her husband in rooms and that her daughter, Mrs C, will not eat at the same table as her father because she says he is sytematically poisoning her. She says that she can't do anything at work because her hip is bad which is also a delusion she has had for a long time. She also sayts that her manner towards them, her parents, is totally different.
Price Morris, Old Colwyn, 14th Dec 1920.
Approximate duration of present attack: A week
Number of Previous Attacks: 0
Number of Previous Admissions: 0
Number of Subsequent Admissions: 0
Total Number of Admissions: 1
Relatives affected:
Epileptic: No
Suicidal: No
Dangerous: No
Clean Habit:
Food Refusal:
Sleep Habit:
Destructive Habit:
Disposition:
Education:
Physical/Mental State at Examination:
Current Diagnosis: Schizophrenia (F20)
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