UNDERSTANDING SO-CALLED SCHIZOPHRENIC VULNERABILITY

Citation
P. Cousineau et P. Sidoun, UNDERSTANDING SO-CALLED SCHIZOPHRENIC VULNERABILITY, Canadian journal of psychiatry, 38(5), 1993, pp. 327-332
Citations number
60
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Psychiatry
ISSN journal
07067437
Volume
38
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
327 - 332
Database
ISI
SICI code
0706-7437(1993)38:5<327:USSV>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Studies of the negative symptoms of schizophrenia seem to be of intere st. However, the description of these symptoms is problematic. Some co gnitive tests seem able to establish data that can be used to help dis criminate among schizophrenic syndromes and to understand their differ ent pathophysiology. Some of the main tests are described. Remarks con cerning their value and the conditions of their interpretations are ma de.