ARE SCHIZOPHRENIC SYMPTOMS DIFFERENT IN PATIENTS WITH HIGHER-EDUCATION

Ratings of 87 symptoms on a Canadian sample of 108 DSM-III schizophren ics (41 men, 67 women) were unrelated (point biserial coefficients) to their education. The only exceptions to this trend were weak correlat ions with ratings of apathy, insight, and of premorbid adjustment. Pat ients with higher education were less frequently labelled as apathetic (r = .28) or as lacking insight (r = .26) and their premorbid adjustm ent was better (r = .25). None of the symptoms traditionally considere d as markers specific for schizophrenia was significantly related to e ducation.