EARLY SIGNS MONITORING THROUGH A PERIOD OF RELAPSE IN A HIGHLY SYMPTOMATIC CHRONIC-SCHIZOPHRENIC PATIENT

The Early Signs Scale (Birchwood et al., 1989) for the monitoring of p rodromal symptoms was used with a schizophrenic inpatient with severe residual psychotic symptoms. Marked changes in the scores were obtaine d in both self and observer reports during a period in which the patie nt was considered to ''relapse''. The results suggest the possible wid er applicability of the Early Signs Scale to patients who experience s evere residual symptoms between relapse episodes.