Patterns of anxiety in criminal schizophrenic patients

Twenty-five schizophrenic patients were randomly chosen for the assessment of the presences of anxiety. Judging from the Khanka Mental Hospital files, twenty of these presented manifestation of anxiety at one time of their history. The twenty patients were clinically and psychometrically assessed for the presence of anxiety. The various manifestations of anxiety, the patterns, and the relation to particular situations were studied. Discussion of the results shows ambiguity in the use of the term, and the viscissitudes of anxiety in a psychotic population