title: Schneider's first rank symptoms--prevalence, diagnostic use and prognostic implications.
abstract: An evaluation of the prevalence of Schneiderian first-rank symptoms, and their diagnostic and prognostic value is described. 35.2 per cent of schizophrenic patients had first-rank symptoms. The presence of first-rank symptoms did not indicate either chronicity of illness or a poor outcome.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology