title: Diagnosis of schizophrenia. Prediction of short-term outcome.
abstract: Seven systems for the diagnosis of schizophrenia were compared in their ability to predict short-term outcome at follow-up: with each other, with selected specific symptoms, and with a simple additive composite symptom score. None of the systems nor the symptoms predicted strongly, but DSM-III and Schneiderian First Rank Symptoms and the composite score performed somewhat better than the other predictors.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010465:Perception; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012306:Risk; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012934:Social Isolation; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013850:Thinking