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Schizophrenic Thought Disorder

A Psychological and Organic Interpretation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

J. Cutting  and
D. Murphy
J. Cutting*
Affiliation:
Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals
D. Murphy
Affiliation:
Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals
*
∗Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals, Monks Orchard Road, Beckenham, Kent
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Abstract

It is suggested that schizophrenic thought disorder comprises four relatively independent components: delusion; intrinsic thinking disturbance; formal thought disorder; and deficient real-world knowledge – a new concept. Schizophrenic and neurotic control subjects were given tests of thinking, perception, appreciation of conversational discourse, and social and practical knowledge. Not all deluded schizophrenics had intrinsic thinking disturbance. Those that did tended to have overinclusive categorisation as the most apparent deficit. Formal thought disorder was associated with a poor performance on the test of conversational discourse. The most striking result was that 75% of schizophrenic patients were markedly deficient, relative to neurotic patients, on their knowledge of everyday social issues.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 152 , Issue 3 , March 1988 , pp. 310 - 319
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1988 

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