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Anxiety and Overinclusion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

A. E. May*
Affiliation:
Rainhill Hospital, Liverpool

Extract

It has been suggested (Mednick, 1958) that high drive acting “upon remote response tendencies is a major root of the disordered thinking of schizophrenics”. Thought disorder would be a product of a high level of drive, increasing generalization and reducing discrimination. The relevant drive in this context is anxiety.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1966 

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