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The Effect of Varying the Elements in the Bannister-Fransella Grid Test of Thought Disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Ederyn Williams
Ederyn Williams*
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Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford
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Bannister and Fransella (1966) described a clinical test based on the theory and methods of Kelly (1955). This test has since been widely used in clinical practice, usually as a test of schizophrenic thought disorder, and has also been used in several studies attempting to define the schizophrenic condition more exactly (e.g. Bannister and Salmon, 1966; McPherson and Buckley, 1970; McPherson, 1969). The test was developed from the previous work of Bannister (1960, 1962) with schizophrenics and other psychiatric patients.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 119 , Issue 549 , August 1971 , pp. 207 - 212
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1971 

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