The nosology of schizophrenia: A co-operative study

Abstract

The purpose of the Stanley R. Dean Research Award, established in 1962, is to give public emphasis to the importance of basic research in achieving an understanding of schizophrenia and to recognize individual scientists who have made important contributions in this area. While he was full-time at the Mental Health Research Institute, the author, who received the third annual award, was Principal Investigator of the Schizophrenia and Psychopharmacology Joint Research Project. This was an extensive 7-year multidisciplinary program of basic research conducted under the joint auspices of The University of Michigan and Ypsilanti State Hospital. In the 1964 Stanley R. Dean Award Lecture, which follows, Dr. Gerard describes the work of the Project and some of the findings which have emerged.