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Citation |
Cullberg J, Levander S. Nord. Psykiatr. Tidsskr. 1991; 45(4): 253-262. |
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(Copyright © 1991, Scandinavian University Press) |
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Abstract |
In a nationwide case-finding study in Sweden 8 individuals were found who, according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-III--Revised (DSM-III--R), fulfilled criteria for being fully recovered schizophrenics treated with intensive psychotherapy. A common feature of the initial clinical picture was a low degree of positive symptoms with rather brief periods of auditive hallucinations and paranoid ideations. About half of the cases must be regarded as very likely to have been chronically institutionalized or to have committed suicide without psychotherapy. Seven of 8 Ss came from the same hospital, where a well-known psychotherapist has been supervising. Thus, the result confirms that fully recovered psychotherapeutically treated schizophrenics exist at an institution offering competent treatment. Possibly, these individuals comprise a subgroup of more well-structured schizophrenics with affective traits. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) |
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Keywords |
23–40 yr olds fully recovered from schizophrenia by treatment with intensive psychotherapy; clinical characteristics; Psychotherapy; Recovery (Disorders); Schizophrenia; Sweden |