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Schizophrenia—Disease or Syndrome?
A. Arnaud Reid, MB, MRCP, MRC (Psych), DPM
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1973;28(6):863-869.
Abstract
The extensive literature concerning disorders which may sometimes be associated with a picture closely resembling schizophrenia is discussed. The results of a survey of such conditions in Victoria, Australia, mental hospitals are summarized, and several illustrative case histories described. The futility of attempts to distinguish at a given point in time between certain organic psychoses and schizophrenia itself is emphasized, and a proposed reclassification of schizophrenia into symptomatic and idiopathic types is again suggested. This is merely an extension of the idea of a number of prominent psychiatrists, but should prove of value in psychiatric thinking.
Author Affiliations
Seaforth, NSW, Australia
Reprint requests to 30 Abernethy St, Seaforth, NSW 2092, Australia (Dr. Reid).
Footnotes
Accepted for publication May 15, 1972.
Reprint requests to the Department of Psychiatry, Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, Sydney, Australia.
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