Structure of schizophrenic symptomatology and its changes over time: prospective factor‐analytical study
Structure of schizophrenic symptomatology and its changes over time: prospective factor‐analytical study
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精神分裂症症状的结构及其随时间的变化:前瞻性因素分析研究
DOI:
10.1111/j.1600-0447.1997.tb00370.x
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发表时间:
1997
影响因子:
6.7
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R. Salokangas
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作者:
R. Salokangas
A representative sample of 156 new schizophrenic patients (DSM‐III) were examined at the time of their first treatment contact for psychosis, and reexamined 2 and 5 years thereafter. The symptom variables, assessed by the Comprehensive Psychopathological Rating Scale (CPRS), were factored and compared with each other. The following major dimensions were found: (i) a fairly stable negative dimension with affective and speech impoverishment and withdrawal; (ii) a delusional dimension; (iii) hallucinatory dimensions; (iv) a disorganization dimension; and (v) a depressive dimension with unreal experiences. The negative dimension was more prevalent in unmarried patients. Neither the two‐syndrome model of negative and positive symptoms nor the three‐syndrome model of psychomotor poverty, disorganization and reality distortion proved to be satisfactory. In a representative sample of schizophrenic patients, the syndrome structure described by symptom dimensions appears to be more complex and varies considerably according to the duration of the illness.