Empathy as a method of identification of the debut of the prodrome of schizophrenia

Early identification of the prodrome of schizophrenia is difficult due to the nonspecificity of the symptoms and the limitations of the available tools. In this article, the authors discuss the usefulness of phenomenological and morphoanalytic methods for identification of the prodrome of schizophre...

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Published inBulletin of the Menninger Clinic Vol. 71; no. 4; pp. 312 - 324
Main Authors BOTA, Robert G, RICCI, Walter F
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Guilford 01.10.2007
Guilford Press
Subjects
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
Early Diagnosis
Empathy
Humans
Medical sciences
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychological Theory
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychoses
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia - diagnosis
Schizophrenic Psychology
Psychosis
Schizophrenia
Empathy
Identification
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Summary:Early identification of the prodrome of schizophrenia is difficult due to the nonspecificity of the symptoms and the limitations of the available tools. In this article, the authors discuss the usefulness of phenomenological and morphoanalytic methods for identification of the prodrome of schizophrenia, and they propose the use of empathy as an additional tool to by-pass same of the difficulties encountered by the previous approaches.
ISSN:0025-9284
1943-2828
DOI:10.1521/bumc.2007.71.4.312