A study of thought disorder in paranoid and non-paranoid schizophrenia.
Thought disorder was studied in 21 paranoid and 24 non-paranoid schizophrenics fulfilling the research diagnostic criteria using the Thought, Language and Communication Scale. Chronic paranoid schizophrenics more often had tangentiality. Other thought disorders were similar in paranoid and non-paranoid schizophrenics.
Mazumdar
P K
PK
Department of Psychiatry, Bangalore, India.
Chaturvedi
S K
SK
Gopinath
P S
PS
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D012564:Schizophrenic Language; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D013850:Thinking; D014705:Verbal Behavior