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The paper presents a theoretical exploration of schizophrenia psychology built on multi‑institutional studies, much of which remains unpublished. The author aims to reorganize existing data, derive new generalizations, and pose fundamental questions about the nature of formal schizophrenia. The work involves collaboration with many colleagues from Worcester State Hospital, University of Illinois, and NIMH.

Abstract

This highly summarized attempt to theorize about the psychology of schizophrenia is derived from studies carried out over a number of years at 3 institutions—the Worcester State Hospital, the University of Illinois, and, most recently, the National Institute of Mental Health.^*Much of the material on which my discussion will be based is as yet unpublished, although many studies are in print and some phases of the theory have been discussed before. The data will, however, be organized and viewed somewhat differently from the way in which I have dealt with them in the past. Numerous colleagues at these institutions—many of whose names will arise * '"" the course of the presentation—have been involved in these studies. The generalizations I shall draw from them on this occasion are, however, my sole responsibility. These data raise several basic questions on the order of the following: What characterizes the formal schizophrenic