Schizophrenia and Psychosis

This article examines schizophrenic thought, taking into consideration both the positive symptoms (e.g., delusions, hallucinations, etc.), and the negative symptoms (e.g., anhedonia, flat affect, etc.) of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is further discussed in relation to both normative (or, dimensional) schizotypy and psychoticism. The notion that schizophrenic experience is permeated with metaphoric meaning suggests that the use of metaphoric thinking by schizophrenics may be a plausible basis for their creativity. At the same time, however, one must consider the fact that their deficit in both logical thinking and executive functioning will necessarily constrain their degree of creativity.