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An experimental study was conducted to explore the types of internalization fantasies involving the constructs (or concepts or fantasies) of mother that are ameliorative in schizophrenia. One hundred and twenty male schizophrenic patients served as subjects. Four groups of 30 subjects received a subliminal experimental stimulus designed to activate a different fantasy of internalization, as well as a subliminal neutral control message. The experimental messages were MOMMY AND I ARE ONE, MOMMY AND I ARE THE SAME, MOMMY IS INSIDE ME and MOMMY AND I ARE ALIKE and the control message was PEOPLE ARE WALKING.Assessments of pathological thinking and behavior were made before and after the presentation of each stimulus. Only the stimulus MOMMY AND I ARE ONE was found to be effective in reducing pathology. The findings lend strong support to the contention that fantasies of oneness identification with the good mother are ameliorative for schizophrenics.

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