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Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.7.824

Two studies investigated whether schizophrenic thought disorders persist past the most acute stage of disturbance. An object sorting test was administered to 91 acute patients at two time periods and also to 31 chronic schizophrenics. The results indicate that: 1) as schizophrenic patients begin to enter into clinical remission, many indices of thought disorder diminish, and 2) contrary to the interpretations of some investigators, chronic schizophrenics show many features of overinclusive thinking and of thought disturbance.

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