§ Mr. W. Hamiltonasked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science what is the total amount being spent on research into the cause of schizophrenia by the Medical Research Council.
§ Mr. Denzil FreethI would refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave him on 12th February.
§ Mr. W. Hamiltonasked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science what research is being conducted under Government auspices into the causes of schizophrenia.
§ Mr. Denzil FreethSchizophrenia is one of the chief interests of three of the Medical Research Council's research units and of one of its research groups. Two of these units are working on the biochemistry and chemical pathology of acute schizophrenia and the third on the social rehabilitation of chronic cases. The newly-established research group is comparing the clinical and pathological features of "functional" mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia, with "organic" illnesses, such as senile dementia. The Council has also awarded research grants for work on the biochemical aspects of the illness and on the disturbance of thought and speech which occurs as one of its manifestations.