| Abstract: | Administered the Phillips Prognostic Rating Scale (PRS) and the Benjamin Proverb Test to 51 consecutive, drug-free, males with a diagnosis of schizophrenia, shortly after entering the hospital. There was no relationship between classification by PRS and abstraction when drug effects and duration of current hospital stay were controlled. Using only those cases who had no previous history of psychiatric hospitalization, thereby controlling for previous and current hospitalization, still failed to produce a significant relationship. The suggestion of a racial effect emerged. This is discussed along with certain theoretical implications. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
