High academic achievement in psychotic students.
The authors studied 21 schizophrenic and borderline college students who achieved B+ or higher grade averages and underwent psychotherapy while in college. High academic achievement was found to provide relief from feelings of worthlessness and ineffectuality resulting from poor relationships with parents, siblings, and peers. Psychotherapy and the permissive yet supportive college atmosphere reinforced the students' self-esteem.
D000124:Achievement; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012059:Rejection, Psychology; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012569:Schizotypal Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D012649:Self Concept; D012801:Sibling Relations; D012931:Social Environment; D013333:Student Health Services