Background We consider the evidence for the proposition that the early phase of psychosis
(including the period of untreated psychosis) is a critical period'in which (a) long-term …

• A review of the interaction between the positive-negative symptom distinction in
schizophrenia and multiple measures of illness natural history reveals some redundant and …

• The natural history and long-term course of schizophrenia divided by pervasiveness of
positive and negative symptoms was explored among 187 schizophrenic patients from the …

We review limitations of representative measures of function and disability associated with
schizophrenia and specify requirements of a suitable measure for service evaluation: It …

Objective: Many studies have validated the grouping of schizophrenic symptoms into three
independent dimensions: negative, psychotic, and disorganized. Negative symptoms are …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 SCHIZOPHRENIA Page 3 Page 4 SCHIZOPHRENIA Its Origins and
Need-Adapted Treatment Yrjö O. Alanen Foreword Introduction Stephen Fleck Murray Jackson …

A survey of the literature suggests that women tend to exhibit a more favorable course of
schizophrenia than men. This seems to be true for a range of outcome measures, such as …

Background. This paper focuses on the long-term course of social disability in schizophrenia
assessed at first onset, and after 1, 2 and 15 years in incidence cohorts in six European …

In this article, research on the natural course of illness among first-admission schizophrenic
patients is reviewed from an epidemiological perspective. Three types of studies are …

La mayoría de los instrumentos existentes para la valoración de las disfunciones sociales
de los pacientes psiquiátricos son simples listas de elementos precodificados, que dejan …