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A POINT OF VIEW AS TO THE NATURE OF SCHIZOPHRENIA

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.114.6.505

1. Traditional approaches to the problem of schizophrenia have made various theoretical and operational assumptions, six of which are reviewed and criticized.

2. An approach is proposed which offers certain advantages such as empirical verifiability.

3. Speculation as to the nature of schizophrenia is given within this general framework.

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