title: [Nosologic specificity of psychopathologic findings in schizophrenic and depressed patients].
abstract: Different expert-rating scales (GAS, BPRS, SANS, Ham-D) were applied to assess the psychopathological findings in 40 schizophrenic and 40 depressive patients (classified according to DSM III-R guidelines). The data demonstrated that the schizophrenic sample did not display acute psychotic or negative symptoms as a specific symptomatology, and that depressive mood was not a specific symptom of the depressive sample. Hence, these types of research tools should mainly be used as a global measurement for determining the severity of psychiatric disorders, or for monitoring the progress of individual patients in order to illustrate disparate psychopathological qualities in nosologically different groups.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatrische Klinik, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Böser
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Heimann
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fus
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Friedrich
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology
vernacular_title: Zur nosologischen Spezifität psychopathologischer Befunde schizophrener und depressiver Patienten.