Subtypes of Schizophrenia: Descriptive Models
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Subtypes of schizophrenia: descriptive models.
Descriptive approaches to subtyping schizophrenia use symptoms, signs, and functioning characteristics as diagnostic criteria. Such approaches often appear superficially to be obvious, simple, and atheoretical; in reality, however, there are many ways in which descriptive data can be selected and organized to subtype patients. This report describes these various approaches. Selection of diagnos...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Schizophrenia Bulletin
سال: 1979
ISSN: 0586-7614,1745-1701
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/5.3.447