Abstract
We had a need for a reexamination about the first class symptoms by K. Schneider. Because clinical experience showed us that even auditory hallucinations were not able to confirm under certain circumstances. Therefore we made an attempt to get a supplementary method out of psychopathological examination on the other hand.
We got to work on a research about the variation of handwriting pressure. The variation come into a curved line on a recording paper.
The highest pressure, lowest pressure, handwriting time and the area (enclosed by the line) come to the decision as the objects of this investigation. Main subjects are schizophrenic patients. The handwriting time only was different from contrast in consequent of stochastic treatment.
Next, we made an attempt to get the characteristic and repeatedly variation on the curved line. Main subjects were auditory hallucinants of schizophrenia at this time. Consequently, we got sight of a dent on the line, and named this dent as Okyokuha(means a sharp wave become dentet as a needle) for the present.
Recently, we noticed other variations on the line. There were pointed wave and sharky wave. We are able to get the idea that these three characteristic waves come into view as a settled combination correspond with the psychopathological state.
It is fixed for this investigation to confirm these impressions and to inquire into related psychological tests.
