A 70 item card-sort, the Conflict in Marriage Scale (CIMS), was devised to compare martial dissension, conflict involving children, and dominance reported by parents of schizophrenics (S) , MALADJUSTED (M), and community (C) young people. Each of the 77 middle class families had at least two children aged 13 through 27, with index patients 15…

Although descriptive and etiological approaches to psychopathology have made notable advances, they seem to have reached a plateau. After reviewing the six approaches to etiology that now preempt the field--ecological, developmental, learning, genetic, internal environment, and neurophysiological models--a second-order model, vulnerability, is…

Comparisons of parent-child interaction and cognitive and social development among children of schizophrenic, depressed, and well mothers across early and middle childhood found differences less striking than expected. Greatest vulnerability consistently appeared among children of depressed mothers. (CMG)

Developed a true-false scale to measure social fear, using procedures to maximize reliability and minimize response set bias (N=910). Interviews with selected subjects (N=44) confirmed that the scale measures social fear, and the scale was found to correlate with previously developed schizotypy scales (N=252). (Author/JAC)

Investigates the possibility that some schizophrenic behavior results from conformity to a mental patient role. (Author/RK)

Clozapine is an antipsychotic medication used in the treatment of schizophrenia. This paper reviews articles concerning clozapine therapy. It considers its benefits and dangers in various situations, and how it can be successfully combined with talk therapies. Studies are reviewed concerning patients in outpatient clinics, partial hospitalization…

Diagnostic criteria and follow-up findings on groups of children diagnosed by various investigators as childhood schizophrenic, autistic, or atypical were reviewed. (Author)

Briefly reviewed are clinical studies of serotonin 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) and its metabolites in children with central nervous system diseases which affect brain function. (Author/MC)

Research supported by a grant from the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Reprints of article available from J. Dennis Nolan, Department of Psychology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 43210. (DS)

Examined were research data on the symptomology and etiology of three classes of psychiatric disorder in children: autism, schizophrenia, and disintegrative psychosis

An experimental study designed to examine the relative effectiveness of operant conditioning and play therapy in improving the communication and social functioning of psychotic children was presented and discussed. (Author)