ABSTRACT
Observing the totals first, we note that schizophrenia, part of the differential diagnosis in twenty-four patients on the initial interview, became the final diagnosis in eighteen. Seven patients (A, Col. 1), or a little less than a third, presented no diagnostic difficulty. Their clinical picture was clearly schizophrenic, with such findings as thinking disorder, ambivalence, autism, and a flat, inappropriate affect. This diagnostic impression on the initial interview was confirmed in all seven by follow-up five years later (Col. 2), when they continued
with a presenting clinical picture of personality disorder were in these subcategories: six sociopathic, three schizoid, and two passive-aggressive. Let us examine each.
