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The Genesis of Schizophrenic Thought Disorder: Re-test of the Serial Invalidation Hypothesis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

D. Bannister*
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council Direct Grant Holder, Bexley Hospital, Dartford Heath, Bexley, Kent

Extract

The study to be reported was carried out within the framework of Personal Construct theory as proposed by Kelly (1955) and summarized in Bannister (1962).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1965 

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