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The literature concerning the relation of obsessional symptoms to schizophrenia is briefly reviewed. Material is reported from the psychoanalytic treatment of a patient which demonstrates the restitutional nature of such obsessional symptoms. A working hypothesis is offered about the psychotic process which permits some tentative formulations about psychotherapeutic procedure.