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Aetiological Models of Schizophrenia: Relationships to Diagnosis and Treatment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

David A. Soskis
David A. Soskis*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Temple University Health Sciences Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140 (from July 1971 to June 1972)
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In the current state of psychiatric knowledge, clinicians must synthesize their personal view of the nature and cause of schizophrenia from several competing, complementary, and sometimes contradictory perspectives. They are also faced with the necessity of making day-to-day decisions concerning the diagnosis and treatment of schizophrenic illness in their patients. The present study seeks to clarify the relationship between clinicians' opinions on the nature or cause of schizophrenia and the way they diagnose and treat this disorder, as reflected in their opinions on which are the most useful diagnostic signs and modes of treatment.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 120 , Issue 557 , April 1972 , pp. 367 - 373
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1972 

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