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Richard Abrams, MD; Michael Alan Taylor, MD
Department of Psychiatry University of Health Sciences/ The Chicago Medical School 3333 Green Bay Rd North Chicago, IL 60064

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1986;43(3):295.

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To the Editor.—

The reply by McGuffin et al¹ to our letter concerning their use of our diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia contains factual errors that we would like to correct.

McGuffin et al have stated the following: "They [Abrams and Taylor] compounded their confusion of basic concepts by frequently using the term 'genetic' when they meant 'familial.' "

The opening sentence of our article reads as follows: "There are two reasons for reassessing genetic (more accurately, familial) transmission in schizophrenia.... "²

McGuffin et al commented that: "[Abrams and Taylor] have misled both themselves and their readers by stating that the 1978 criteria are a 'slightly broadened' version of their 1975 criteria."

Applying our 1974 criteria to a sample of consecutive admissions to an acute-treatment psychiatric unit of a municipal hospital identified 4.5% as schizophrenic.³ Applying our 1978 criteria to a sample of consecutive patients admitted to an acute-treatment university . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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