SENSORY DEPRIVATION AND SCHIZOPHRENIA: SOME CLINICAL AND THEORETICAL SIMILARITIES
American Journal of Psychiatry October 1, 1959 DOI: 10.1176/ajp.116.4.326 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Intervention | perceptual interference |
| Citations | 45 |
| Key points | Argues that perceptual interference provides a superior experimental model of schizophrenia compared to drug-induced psychoses. |
Abstract
It would seem, in fact, that we now have an experimental model of the schizophrenic syndrome superior to the "model psychoses" induced with mescaline or LSD. Not only will perceptual interference reproduce more closely the primary symptoms of schizophrenia, but these disturbances are caused entirely by external manipulation, without the confusion of a toxic psychosis. While of course we cannot assume that approaches such as these will give us valid answers to all our questions, I believe we have here an important instrument to help us bridge the gap between the laboratory and the clinic.