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PROCESS-REACTIVE SCHIZOPHRENIA

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1969

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A review is presented of recent research in the area of process-reactive schizophrenia, including research on the criteria commonly used to determine process-reactive status; personality characteristics of process vs. reactive schizophrenics; autonomic arousal and responsiveness; conceptual functioning; linguistic and associative processes; learning and performance; censure sensitivity; parent perception; and family dynamics. Despite problems surrounding the process-reactive concept, it continues to permit reduction of heterogeneity in schizophrenia with sufficient frequency to ensure its continued and broadened application.