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Symptom Patterns among Chronic Schizophrenic In-patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

A. Bedford  and
A. S. Presly
A. Bedford
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Warlingham Park Hospital, Warlingham, Surrey, CR3 9YR
A. S. Presly
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Royal Dundee Liff Hospital, Dundee, DD2 5NF
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Summary

The Delusions-Symptoms-States Inventory (DSSI) was administered to 33 chronic non-paranoid schizophrenic patients resident on long-stay wards. It was found that the vast majority of cases (81 per cent) produced symptom patterns conforming to the hierarchy of classes of personal illness model, but with a radically different distribution among the classes from that in acutely ill patients. Within the model a half of the patients were allotted to the two lowest classes—Class 0 (Symptom-free) and Class 1 (Dysthymic States). When each set of items was considered separately and independently of the model, it was found that a half of the group professed to have recently experienced delusions. Affective states and depressive symptoms were reported by over a third of the patients.

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Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 133 , Issue 2 , August 1978 , pp. 176 - 178
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1978 

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