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Thought Disorder in Mania and Schizophrenia Evaluated by Bannister's Grid Test for Schizophrenic Thought Disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

William R. Breakey
Affiliation:
New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center, Westchester Division, 21 Bloomingdale Road, White Plains, New York 10605
Helen Goodell
Affiliation:
New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center, Westchester Division, 21 Bloomingdale Road, White Plains, New York 10605

Extract

In discussions of schizophrenia, ‘thought disorder’ has a traditional place of prominence. Eugen Bleuler (2) believed ‘disturbances of association’ of ideas to be a fundamental symptom in schizophrenia, and among more recent authors Cameron (3) introduced the concept of ‘over-inclusiveness' to explain not only the thought process disorder, but many other symptoms of this condition.

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1972 

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