This study is a 12-year follow-up of 153 subjects diagnosed as suffering from schizophrenia or paranoid psychoses. They had their key discharge in the years 1959-61 and were first followed-up at 12 months after discharge (Renton et al. ((1963)). Important findings were that outcome was related to mental state on discharge and also to the factor of continued neuroleptic medication. At this second follow-up 12 years later the important issues that have emerged are the differences in outcome between men and women and the apparently high death rate for men. The outcome in term of work, re-admission to hospital and death was much worse for male subjects.

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that the Q-factor of these various sections may vary among themselves by ratios as great as 1.8 :1, the value obtained for any particular section depending, apparently, on its size, shape and internal structure.Sunzi~znry and CodztsioIzs. The arm-to-arm segment is shown t o be heterogeneous both as to impedance and Q-factor. It follows, therefore, that the Q-factor of this segment cannot properly be assumed to h independent of differences in physical conformation. Q-factor measurements which fail to take into account the possible effect of size and shape are open to serious question.5

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