[The frequency of diagnosis of catatonic schizophrenia in hospitals in Lubliniec (1894-1932, 1934-1936, 1970-1999) and Boleslawiec (1958-1999)].
OBJECTIVE
The analysis of the data from the psychiatric hospitals in Lubliniec (1894-1932, 1934-1936, 1970-1999) and Bolesławiec (1958-1999) proved a decrease in frequency of diagnosis of catatonic schizophrenia, what could testify to a decrease in morbidity with this form of schizophrenia.


RESULTS
Basing on the facts from scientific literature there was ascertained that the decrease in frequency of diagnosis of catatonic schizophrenia is connected with following causes: firstly, with the changes in nozology, secondly, with the introduction of a new form of therapy and finally, with the fact that here psychological and sociological factors exist which eliminate catatonia as the most expressive form of schizophrenia.
Wlazło
Agnieszka
A
Klinice Psychiatrii AM we Wrocławiu.
Kleszczyński
Jacek
J
Błaszczyk
Aleksander
A
Tyfel
Paweł
P
Jakubczyc
Anna
A
Morasiewicz
Janusz
J
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012560:Schizophrenia, Catatonic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D013997:Time Factors