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The British Journal of Psychiatry (1968) 114: 317-321. doi: 10.1192/bjp.114.508.317
© 1968 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
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The Proverbs Test in Schizophrenia

J. L. REED M.R.C.P., D.P.M.1

1 Senior Registrar, Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, S.E.5.

1. Previous proverbs tests in schizophrenia are reviewed.

2. Payne and Hewlett's suggestion that under the right conditions schizophrenics should be able to give correct, abstract interpretation of proverbs is tested, but not confirmed. Possible reasons are discussed.

3. The value of the use of proverbs in assessing the mental state is questioned.

Submitted on May 26, 1966




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