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Clinical attributes of schizophrenic skin conductance responders and non-responders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

John H. Gruzelier
John H. Gruzelier*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Birkbeck College, London
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1Address for correspondence: Dr John H. Gruzelier, Neuropsychology Unit, Friern Hospital, London N11 3BP.
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Synopsis

Nurses rated schizophrenics, subclassified upon the basis of the presence or absence of electrodermal orienting responses, with Wittenborn scales. Amongst non-institutionalized patients responders, who are more highly aroused psychophysiologically than non-responders, were more manic, anxious, assaultive and attention-demanding. Amongst institutionalized patients skin conductance levels and spontaneous fluctuations were associated with behaviour of a schizophrenic character.

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Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , May 1976 , pp. 245 - 249
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1976

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