Dutt, Ram2015-09-142015-09-1419501950b14710547https://hdl.handle.net/2144/13032Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University.The present inquiry was initiated with a view to examine Boisen's studies with schizophrenia and to discuss their implications for psychiatry and religion. The inquiry concerns itself with four aspects: (1) psychiatric studies in schizophrenia, (2) Boisen's life and schizophrenic episode, (3) a critical examination of his theory of schizophrenia, and (4) religious implications and applications of his views. Schizophrenia constitutes a serious problem for society. Its cost, either in terms of dollars or human lives, is staggering. Psychiatrically, it is a baffling problem, and has been tackled from almost every conceivable angle of pathology and etiology. There is, however, generally in creasing optimism at the prognosis of schizophrenia and a much better knowledge of its nature and causation, its symptomatology and dynamics. [TRUNCATED]en-USBased on investigation of the BU Libraries' staff, this work is free of known copyright restrictions.SchizophreniaBoisen, AntonThesis/Dissertation