title: Electrodermal nonresponding, premorbid adjustment, and symptomatology as predictors of long-term social functioning in schizophrenics.
abstract: The hypothesis that electrodermal nonresponsiveness to orienting stimuli delineates a core group of "Kraepelinian" type schizophrenics was tested by following up social functioning outcome over a 2-year period in 37 schizophrenics. Good social functioning outcome required both some self-supporting ability in the job market and a minimal social life. The prior assessments included monitoring of electrodermal responses to a series of moderately intense tones, ratings of reported and observed symptoms during an interview, and ratings of premorbid adjustment on the basis of an interview with a close relative. Electrodermal nonresponding, poor premorbid adjustment, and negative symptomatology predicted poor social functioning during the second follow-up year, but the relationship to nonresponding pertained exclusively to a group of 15 first-episode patients. Discriminant analysis showed that electrodermal nonresponding and symptoms were the only independent predictors of outcome.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ohman
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Ohlund
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Alm
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Wieselgren
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Ost
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Lindström
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005712:Galvanic Skin Response; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D012917:Social Adjustment