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Syndromes of Chronic Schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Peter F. Liddle  and
Thomas R. E. Barnes
Peter F. Liddle*
Affiliation:
Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, Ducane Road, London W12 0HS
Thomas R. E. Barnes
Affiliation:
Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, Horton Hospital, Long Grove Road, Epsom, Surrey KT9 8PZ
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

Confirmation is reported of an earlier finding that the symptoms of patients with chronic schizophrenia segregate into three syndromes: psychomotor poverty (poverty of speech, flatness of affect, decreased spontaneous movement); disorganisation (disorders of the form of thought, inappropriate affect); and reality distortion (delusions and hallucinations).

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 157 , Issue 4 , October 1990 , pp. 558 - 561
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990 

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