Male admissions to Broadmoor hospital.

The article cites a study that analyzes a group of 178 male patients who are admitted to Broadmoor Hospital in England, and differentiates and contrasts findings with those of an earlier research on offender patients in an area mental hospital. Broadmoor Hospital is one of the three Special Hospitals designed for the treatment of patients of dangerous or violent propensities. Several tables are presented which differentiate the Broadmoor group and groups of non-offender patients and offender patients. A relative excess of schizophrenic illness is diagnosed in both offender patient groups, while psychopathic disorders are common in Broadmoor patients. More similarities are observed between the 2 offender patient groups. Fewer Broadmoor patients are found to have previous hospital admissions.