title: Assessment of basic symptoms in schizophrenia, schizoaffective and bipolar disorders.
abstract: In order to evaluate the basic symptoms differences of schizophrenics, schizoaffectives and bipolar patients, a consecutive series of 72 outpatients participated in the study. According to DSM III-R criteria, 28 had a diagnosis of schizophrenia, 29 of bipolar disorder and 15 of schizoaffective disorder. The assessment of basic symptoms was performed using the Frankfurter Beschwerde-Fragebogen (FBF). Data obtained suggest that perception and thought disturbances are the most characteristic experiences of schizophrenic patients in comparison with bipolar patients. The FBF questionnaire did not highlight a characteristic basic symptoms profile of schizoaffective disorder, when compared with bipolar affective disorder and schizophrenia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurologic and Psychiatric Sciences, University of Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ricca
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Galassi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: La Malfa
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mannucci
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Barciulli
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Cabras
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology