A conceptual review of Schneider's concepts of psychopathy and the first rank symptoms of schizophrenia, and a critical review of the English research literature relating thereto. It is concluded that some of the criticism of Schneider's concepts is to be attributed to a misunderstanding of what he actually meant.
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