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Thought Disorder in Schizophrenia: Corrective Influence of Nursing Behavior on Language of Patients

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Hildegard E. Peplau, Selected Works

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Abstract

The language behavior of the schizophrenic patient reflects, and unless disrupted, perpetuates and worsens the thought disorder connected with this form of mental illness. Moreover, the language behavior of the nursing staff, in nurse-patient relationships, tends toward correction or reinforcement of such thought disorders. In this paper, these two ideas will be amplified and discussed.

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  1. Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA

    Anita Werner O’Toole R.N., C.S., Ph.D. (Professor and Director of the Graduate Program)

  2. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

    Sheila Rouslin Welt R.N., M.S.

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  1. Anita Werner O’Toole R.N., C.S., Ph.D.
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  1. Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA

    Anita Werner O’Toole R.N., C.S., Ph.D. (Professor and Director of the Graduate Program) (Professor and Director of the Graduate Program)

  2. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

    Sheila Rouslin Welt R.N., M.S.

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O’Toole, A.W., Welt, S.R. (1994). Thought Disorder in Schizophrenia: Corrective Influence of Nursing Behavior on Language of Patients. In: O’Toole, A.W., Welt, S.R. (eds) Hildegard E. Peplau, Selected Works. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13441-0_21

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