title: Schizophrenic autism. 2. Proposal for a nomothetic definition.
abstract: Since its introduction by E. Bleuler in 1911, the so-called 'basic symptom' autism has often been considered cardinally important within schizophrenic symptomatology. A lack of precise definition and hence of reliability, however, has eroded the former importance of this term, which cannot be found in modern diagnostic systems. Using a specific text-analytical method, we evaluated all accessible publications on schizophrenic autism, focusing on the descriptive-empirical approach. The entire material was then summed up in five essential points, providing a possibly more reliable (nomothetic) explication of the complex term of autism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Münster, FRG.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gündel
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Rudolf
mesh_terms: D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D011936:Reality Testing; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012931:Social Environment; D012934:Social Isolation; D013850:Thinking