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Thought Disorder in the Parents of Thought Disordered Schizophrenics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Hilary J. Muntz  and
R. P. Power
Hilary J. Muntz
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Purdysburn Hospital, Saintfield Road, Belfast 8
R. P. Power
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Queer's University, Belfast 9
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The studies to be discussed were carried out within the framework of the Personal Construct Theory, as proposed by G. A. Kelly (4) and summarized by Bannister (1), and follow the line that thought disorder in offspring may be related to some kind of thought disorder in parents (2,6).

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 117 , Issue 541 , December 1970 , pp. 707 - 708
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1970 

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