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Gubi, Aaron A.; McDonnell, Cassandra; Bocanegra, Joel O. – Communique, 2014
Schizophrenia is a severe and persistent mental illness that is typically associated with distress and severe functional impairment. Individuals presenting with schizophrenia have symptoms that markedly impair their ability to perceive, think, engage, or express themselves clearly. Because the diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia articulated in…
Descriptors: Schizophrenia, Clinical Diagnosis, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Evaluation Criteria
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Castro-Fornieles, Josefina; Baeza, Immaculada; de la Serna, Elena; Gonzalez-Pinto, Ana; Parellada, Mara; Graell, Montserrat; Moreno, Dolores; Otero, Soraya; Arango, Celso – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2011
Background: Only one study has used a prospective method to analyze the diagnostic stability of first psychotic episodes in children and adolescents. The Child and Adolescent First-Episode Psychosis Study (CAFEPS) is a 2-year, prospective longitudinal study of early-onset first episodes of psychosis (EO-FEP). Aim: To describe diagnostic stability…
Descriptors: Psychosis, Clinical Diagnosis, Children, Adolescents
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Beeble, Marisa L.; Salem, Deborah A. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2009
This study explored an approach to studying recovery that is sensitive to the multiphase and contextual nature of the recovery process. The authors focused on the experience of recovery in a mutual-help group, Schizophrenics Anonymous (SA). Prior qualitative research conducted with SA revealed that SA participants experience four phases of…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Helping Relationship, Social Support Groups, Schizophrenia