Four articles that reported studies that used the Whitaker Index of Schizophrenic Thinking (WIST) were published in the "Journal of Clinical Psychology" in early 1977. These articles are reviewed by the WIST's author in terms of necessary conditions for valid and useful studies of schizophrenic thinking. (Editor)

This is a review of the pharmacological treatment of mental illnesses. Included topics are: schizophrenia, depression, mania, antipsychotic drugs, antidepressants, lithium, and ethics. (BB)

In a study comparing schizophrenic language performance with the language performance profiles characteristic of aphasia, apraxia of speech, generalized intellectual impairment, and confused language, 27 schizophrenic patients (20 to 67 years old) were tested with an aphasia test battery. (Author/IM)

In eighteen chronic schizophrenics, subcutaneous doses of the dopamine reception agonist, apomorphine, improved psychotic symptoms. The results are interpreted as a consequence of presynaptic dopamine receptor activationby apomorphine with a subsequent decrease in dopamine-mediated neural transmission. (Author/BB)

By assessing the competitive performance of schizophrenics on different types of tasks and by using nonschizophrenic groups, an attempt was made to determine more accurately whether schizophrenics respond differently to competition than nonschizophrenics, and if the effects of competition tend to be task-specific with schizophrenics. (Author/RK)

Asked each of 41 psychologists to "refer" each of six case vignettes (two schizophrenic, two neurotic, and two "other") to the colleague he/she believed would be most effective with that case. A therapists received more schizophrenic than neurotic referrals, whereas B therapists received more neurotic than schizophrenic referrals. (Author)

Outlines the recent biological findings regarding schizophrenia and presents a model for social work interventions with schizophrenic individuals and their families. (Author/ABB)

This study applies the A-B scale to psychotherapists and tests the hypotheses that A's describe themselves as more feminine and less masculine than B's. A's, purportedly more effective with schizophrenics, tend to dislike mechanical-technical activities, while B's, more effective with neurotics, like them. Results show no association between A-B…

Raises the need to reexamine Piaget's model of development in terms of its capacity to incorporate instances of cognitive regression into the structural framework of the theory. (CS)

The authors, using a new instrument, attempted to reassess the relationship between psychopathology and interpersonal distance. Schizophrenics were more external than nonschizophrenics, who were more external than normals. Preferred distance from interpersonal stimuli as measured by the Comfortable Interpersonal Distance scale was greatest for…

The results of a 17-30-year follow-up of 33 adolescent schizophrenics revealed that 61 percent had a chronic course while 39 percent had a more adequate adult adjustment, although frequently with neuroticlike deficits. (Author)

Survey results indicated that posthospital employment was meagre and that it was unrelated to urbanization industrialization and local unemployment rates. Variance in vocational adjustment was more importantly accounted for by characteristics of the subject than by labor market characteristics, and was seen as having encouraging implications for…