Although dementia praecox or schizophrenia has been considered a unique disease entity
for the past century, its definitions and boundaries have continued to vary over this period. At …

Although dementia praecox or schizophrenia has been considered a unique disease for
over a century, its definitions and boundaries have changed over this period and its etiology …

The specific symptoms that have been felt to characterize schizophrenia have varied widely
over time and across cultures, as has the diagnostic and prognostic importance placed on …

OBJECTIVE: The authors assess implications of DSM criteria for schizophrenia by reviewing
the criteria's 1) emphasis on psychotic features, 2) dissociation of symptoms from their …

Schizophrenia spectrum disorders attract great interest among clinicians, researchers, and
the lay public. While the diagnostic features of schizophrenia have remained unchanged for …

Schizophrenia is a clinical syndrome of both extraordinary importance and extraordinary
complexity. Its conceptual history contains many perspectives on the" essential" nature of the …

This article traces the fundamental descriptive features of schizophrenia described in the
European continental literature form Kraepelin and Bleuler, culminating with the creation of …

More than a century since the delineation of dementia praecox by Kraepelin, the etiology,
neuropathology and pathophysiology of schizophrenia remain elusive. Despite the …

Establishing the epidemiological “signature” of a disease—its frequency in specified
populations, geographical spread and spatial distribution, temporal variation, and …

The classical subtypes of schizophrenia include the paranoid, hebephrenic, undifferentiated,
residual, catatonic, and simple. This review of studies, especially those conducted during the …