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Arthur Falek, PhD; Hanna M. Moser, MD

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1975;32(1):59-67.

Abstract
Schizophrenia has been defined as an identifiable disorder based on phenomenologic classification. Support for this concept is derived from consistent observations of a low frequency of the disorder in general populations throughout the world but substantially higher frequency of occurrence in siblings of affected individuals.

The rates of concurrence in diagnosis for schizophrenia, surprisingly, vary in similar degree to those found for a series of physical disorders such as cervical cancer, emphysema and bronchitis, and electrocardiographic evaluations of cardiac disorder. The most recent findings from cross-national diagnostic studies of mental disorder uphold the need for a regular, more definitive classification system that is considered from both the service and research points of view.

Author Affiliations
From the Georgia Mental Health Institute and the Department of Psychiatry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Aug 30, 1974.

Read in part before the International Symposium on Aspects of Schizophrenia, World Psychiatric Association, Tbilisi, USSR, Oct 2, 1973.

Reprint requests to the Department of Psychiatry, Emory University School of Medicine, 1256 Briarcliff Rd, Atlanta, GA 30306 (Dr. Falek).

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