The scale was intended to convey the fact that not all families were the same in terms of their emotional functioning. Families that had serious clinical problems were quantitatively different but not qualitatively different from families that had less serious problems. (Kerr & Bowen, 1988, p. 12) In keeping with this idea, Bowen would sometimes offer the quip that “there is a little schizophrenia in all of us” (Kerr & Bowen, 1988, p. 12). The person we identify as schizophrenic reflects a difference