An Investigation of the Causes of Suicide in Patients Diagnosed as Schizophrenic (Micro RC 569 E84 1965)

Study to interpret the dynamics of suicidal patients and to devise a scale to differentiate suicidal from non-suicidal schizophrenic patients. 200 subjects were given the Test of Objects, the Bender-Gestalt Test and Draw-a-Person Test to indicate whether suicidal patients are unable to realize as many important experiences or to distinguish the relative importance of objects as well as non-suicidal patients. (KB)