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An evaluation of the Feighner criteria for schizophrenia and affective disorders using long-term outcome data

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Ming T. Tsuang ,
Robert F. Woolson  and
John C. Simpson
Ming T. Tsuang*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and the Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Robert F. Woolson
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and the Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
John C. Simpson
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and the Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
*
1Professor M. T. Tsuang, University of Iowa Psychiatric Hospital, 500 Newton Road, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA.
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Synopsis

Schizophrenia and affective disorders selected according to the Feighner criteria can be differentiated on the basis of 40-year outcome. Within schizophrenia the presence of disorganized thoughts at the index admission was associated with poor outcome, whereas better outcome was associated with the presence of delusions or hallucinations. Within the affective disorders, bipolar patients with grandiose delusions or ideas showed a poor outcome; a better outcome was found in unipolar patients with complaints of fatiguability or tiredness at the time of the index admission.

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Research Article
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , May 1981 , pp. 281 - 287
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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