Course of attack-like schizophrenia inlight of late catmnesis
Sudareva, L.O.
Zhurnal Nevropatologii i Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova 77(1): 103-109
1977
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-4588 PMID: 842213 Document Number: 121786
On the basis of remote follow-up checkings the author studied the development of attack-like schizophrenia with an onset before 40 years of age and proceeding in the form of clear-cut psychotic attacks up to senescence. Such forms of development seen in 86 patients permitted to conventionally eliminate 3 variants in attack-like schizophrenia (depending upon the prevalence of different tendencies); a) development of the "cliche type", b) with a simplified clinical picture and c) a clinical development with a complication of the repeated attacks. The study demonstrates that these changes in the development of the disease are mainly seen in certain periods of old age (involution, senescence).