Evaluating Bizarre-idiosyncratic Thinking: A Comprehensive Index of Positive Thought Disorder
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Evaluating bizarre-idiosyncratic thinking: a comprehensive index of positive thought disorder.
A summary of our method of assessing positive thought disorder, or bizarre-idiosyncratic thinking, from two short verbal tests is presented. This measure provides for standardized thought disorder assessments of: the overall presence and severity of thought disorder, and the type of disordered thinking shown. A definition and examples of bizarre-idiosyncratic thinking are provided, along with i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Schizophrenia Bulletin
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0586-7614,1745-1701
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/12.3.497