[Study of the diagnostic specificity by Schneider's first rank symptoms].

Authors
Category Primary study
JournalZhonghua shen jing jing shen ke za zhi = Chinese journal of neurology and psychiatry
Year 1990
This study rediscussed the prevalence of Schneider's first rank symptoms (FRS) in 132 patients with mental diseases and the specificity and the sensitivity of FRS for schizophrenia. Results showed: In the absence of organic or toxic etiology, the specificity of FRS for schizophrenia as opposed to manicdepressive psychosis, was 93%. The sensitivity of FRS for Schizophrenia was 72.9%.
Epistemonikos ID: 7bf3caff955315901c7dd941cb483ae603919de8
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