Archive 1992–2014
1998, tom 7, zeszyt 2
Schizofrenia
Contemporary diagnostics of schizophrenia
Jacek Wciórka1
1. I Klinika Psychiatryczna Instytutu Psychiatrii i Neurologii w Warszawie
Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii, 1998, 7, 117-134
Keywords: schizophrenia, diagnostics, c1assification, criteria
Summary
The paper presents contemporary international criteria for diagnosing schizophrenia, and two proposed approaches to their sub-classification. The first approach is based on the traditional schizophrenia subtypes, while the other on the so-called dimensions empirically revealed by means of factor analysis. Clinical scales most frequently wed to describe schizophrenic syndromes, and a frequency of clinically most significant groups of symptoms are presented as well.
Correspondence address
I Klinika Psychiatryczna IPiN,
Al. Sobieskiego 1/9, 02-957 Warszawa
Al. Sobieskiego 1/9, 02-957 Warszawa