Clinical detection of schizophrenia-prone individuals: critical appraisal.
Issues that undermine the early detection of schizophrenia include an inadequate grasp of the construct validity of the concept of schizophrenia, insufficient conceptualisation of psychosis and of the illness onset, and a general lack of a theoretical framework for psychopathology. Subjective experience is emphasised as a potentially promising domain for future research.
Parnas
Josef
J
Cognitive Research Unit, University Department of Psychiatry, Hvidovre Hospital, DK-2650 Hvidovre, Denmark. jpa@cfs.ku.dk
D006801:Humans; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology