The Mecholyl Test in Schizophrenia
JERRY HIGGINS PH.D.1, and
JUDITH C. PETERSON 2
1 Assistant Professor Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara Calif. 93106
2 Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Calif. 93106
Reports in the literature on the Mecholyl test suggest that schizophrenics with a marked reaction to Mecholyl tend to be acute cases with good prognoses, demonstrating relatively good adjustment both preceding and during the psychosis. Schizophrenics with a mild Mecholyl reaction tend to be chronic and/or poor prognostic risks and manifest grossly inadequate premorbid as well as current functioning. The authors note conflicting evidence and identify the problem of test reliability as a primary source of ambiguous data.
