PARENTAL FACTORS AS REPORTED BY PATIENT GROUPS.

The article reports on the diagnosis of schizophrenia. While it appears highly probable that the diagnosis "schizophrenia" actually covers a number of different entities, some of which in fact may be medical problems of metabolism or neurology, it also appears probable that in many cases these are behavioral rather than medical problems. It also seems possible that some of the biochemical problems that are being studied may represent a reaction, for example, to a high anxiety level and thus be considered psychosomatic rather than purely physiological.