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INTRODUCTION
Schizophrenia is a disorder of unknown etiology. ... The present paper reviews the evidence concerning the diagnosis of schizophrenia as described in Chapter V(F) of the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems or ICD-10 [1, 2] and the three latest editions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III, DSM-III-R and DSM-IV) [3– 5].
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
The conceptual history of schizophrenia dates back to the end of the nineteenth century, and to the description of dementia praecox by Emil Kraepelin. Other major influences on the current concept of schizophrenia are those of Bleuler, Schneider, Jaspers and Hughlings Jackson. ... The aetiology was endogenous,
Schizophrenia. ... Bleuler retained Kraepelins separation of the disorder from manic-depressive illness and gave the disorder its present name of schizophrenia. In his view, the course of schizophrenia was variable, but probably never reached restitutio ad integrum. ... For Bleuler, schizophrenia was not a unitary disease. ... In particular, it included a subgroup designated “simple schizophrenia”, in which many of the prominent features of the disorder were absent.
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