The Disorder of World Order Thought

the tragedy of modern man in arthur millers world

what miller wants is a theatre of heightened consciousness. he speaks of two passions in a man, the passion to "feel" and the passion "know". he belives that we can have more of the latter. he says: drama is akin to the other inventions of man in that it ought to help us know more and not merely to spend our feelings. the writing of the crucible shows us that he is trying to give more heightene...

Explanation of Theoretical Basics of Analysis of the World Order

The thought disorder questionnaire.

OBJECTIVE To describe the development of the Thought Disorder Questionnaire (TDQ), including data on reliability and validity, and to explain the questionnaire's feasibility and diagnostic accuracy. METHODS The TDQ has 6 scales, each with 10 items (on a scale from 0 [for never] to 4 [for always]). The 6 scales measure content of thought, control of thought, orientation, perception, fantasy, a...

The early course of schizophrenic thought disorder.

The current investigation studied the early course of positive thought disorder and its relationship to other aspects of schizophrenic outcome. Forty-eight schizophrenics diagnosed using the Research Diagnostic Criteria (RDC), 51 psychotic nonschizophrenics, and 67 nonpsychotic patients were studied at index hospitalization and at a 1.5-year followup. Most thought-disordered schizophrenics and ...

Innovations in the assessment of thought disorder.

Since the early descriptions of thought disorder in psychiatric patients were recorded by clini-cians such as Bleuler and Kraepelin, numerous studies have attempted to examine this phenomenon through the use of various techniques. Harvey (1983) suggests that three main methods have been used to assess thought disorder. Clinical investigations of deviant communication patterns and natural langua...