Schizophrenia and sensitivity to the family environment.
Schizophrenia and sensitivity to the family environment.
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精神分裂症和对家庭环境的敏感性。
作者：
J. Leff
几年来，人们一直在积极尝试将精神分裂症的起源和病程与患者的社会环境特征联系起来。所使用的技术从大规模流行病学调查到对少数病例的深入临床研究不等。这两种方法都有其严重的局限性，最好把它们看作是互补的，而不是相互排斥的。事实上，最近的研究，这一审查的重点是采用流行病学的方法和技术的组合，从深入的采访。正如我们将看到的，事实证明，这种联盟既实用又富有成效。
For some years now, vigorous attempts have been made to link both the origin and the course of schizophrenia with features of the patient's social environment. The techniques used range from large-scale epidemiological surveys to intensive clinical studies of a handful of cases. Both kinds of approach have their serious limitations and are probably better viewed as complementary than as mutually exclusive. Indeed the recent studies on which this review is focused employ a combination of epidemiological methods and techniques derived from indepth interviewing. As we shall see, this alliance has proved both practical and productive.