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A Result of the Breakdown of Defense by Denial

D. A. SCHWARTZ, M.D.

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1961;4(2):119-123.

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Background

Transient episodes of psychoses having the general appearance of schizophrenic reactions are seen very frequently. In addition to those seen by psychiatrists, many occur which never come to psychiatric attention. The patient who is advised to "get away for a week's vacation" by friends or by his family doctor and who, during the course of the week's vacation, recovers from his emotional illness, falls into this category. Wars produce large numbers of brief psychotic episodes, referred to by some as "10-day schizophrenias" and which fall into this category. It is often difficult to define the limits of the concept of the "transient psychotic episode," since there seem to be many different kinds with considerable variability of meaning and prognosis attached to them. For example, a severely disturbed or chronically psychiatrically ill person may have episodes of more gross psychotic behavior from time to . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
LOS ANGELES

University of California Medical Center, Los Angeles.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication July 29, 1960.

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