title: Simple schizophrenia: past, present, and future.
abstract: The diagnostic category called simple schizophrenia has disappeared from official American nosology but has been retained in ICD-9. The diagnosis has a long history, was one of the traditional schizophrenic subtypes identified by Bleuler, and was later accepted by Kraepelin. The authors provide a historical overview of the concept, review its modern successors, and provide recommendations for its inclusion in DSM-IV as a proposed diagnostic category needing further study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Boffeli
mesh_terms: D005858:Germany; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000266:history; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D014481:United States