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PHYSICAL HARBINGERS OF RELAPSE IN SCHIZOPHRENIA

This is a case report of a patient with schizophrenic disorder, followed up prospectively over a period of six years through four episodes of illness. Her experience of a focal physical symptom as a consistent prodromal feature of each relapse forms the focus of the report as such a clinical phenome...

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Autores principales: Srinivasan, T.N., Suresh, T.R., Jayaraman, Vasantha, Fernandez, Peter M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1994
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2972484/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21743692
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Sumario:This is a case report of a patient with schizophrenic disorder, followed up prospectively over a period of six years through four episodes of illness. Her experience of a focal physical symptom as a consistent prodromal feature of each relapse forms the focus of the report as such a clinical phenomenon has not been recorded before. The possible reason for such presentation and the value of identifying the prodromal symptoms in the control of relapse are discussed.