Parents of 21 well-functioning autistic children were examined. Clinical details of the eight parents diagnosed as schizoid are analyzed, leading to the conclusion that one etiological factor may be a genetic predisposition to schizoid personality traits. Global and specific developmental delays in the autistic children's siblings were not found.…

The literature has yet to reach a consensus as to the stability of severe psychiatric diagnoses in youth. Previous studies among youngsters tracked over set follow-up periods have reported diagnostic stability estimates that are similar to or slightly lower than those of adults. Less is known, however, about the stability of youth psychiatric…

The possible mechanisms involved in continuities and discontinuities in psychopathology between childhood and adult life are considered in relation to the findings from systematic, prospective, long-term longitudinal studies. Findings on schizophrenia, neurodevelopmental disorders, emotional disturbances, antisocial behaviour and substance abuse…

This research examined specific communication patterns in 20 schizophrenic and other family triads, through analysis of transcripts of 15-minute interactions within a systems epistemology. Families with a son or daughter diagnosed as having schizophrenia were found to emphasize two communication patterns: communication that is nebulous, confusing,…

Based on a master's thesis submitted to Northwestern University. Presented in part at Western Psychological Association meetings (San Francisco, May 5, 1967).

The symptoms of, and possible treatments for 21 borderline and psychotic adolescents who had suffered from borderline psychoses in childhood were examined from a developmental point of view. It was concluded that therapeutic possibilities exist. Some childhood symptoms could be used directly in treatment, while others disappeared with general…

The results indicated that normal Ss generally perceived their parents as exhibiting sex-appropriate behaviors to a greater extent than did disturbed Ss; a smaller proportion of individuals in the disturbed groups viewed their fathers as possessing masculine-instrumental traits, and their mothers as having feminine-expressive characteristics.…

Schizophrenics were differentiated from their siblings in tendencies to see themselves as symbiotically attached to their mothers and failing to be accommodated to by their fathers. Schizophrenics tend to be aligned with the same sex parent. Findings may help explain the psychosexual identification difficulties of schizophrenics. (Author)

Distributions of psychiatric classifications among 42,479 persons with mental retardation were reviewed to determine relative rates of disorders for persons with both mental retardation and mental disorder. Analyses indicated that rates of reported schizophrenic and psychotic disorders were generally higher than expected relative to rates of other…

Administered Minnesota Counseling Inventory and Rust Inventory of Schizotypal Cognition (RISC) to 174 adolescents in Hong Kong. Results showed that negative schizophrenic symptoms of social dysfunction and emotional instability as measured by Minnesota Counseling Inventory were positively and significantly correlated with positive schizotypal…