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Can Schizophrenia Change to Affective Psychosis?

EUGENE ZISKIND, ESTHER SOMERFELD, and RUTH JENSAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 128, Number 3

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.3.331

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Five patients diagnosed as schizophrenic 15 to 30 years ago by the authors have been treated intermittently since then for frequent periodic attacks. Each patient has undergone marked improvement. On maintenance medication there are very few (usually two to 14) days of illness each year. The most striking change is that their symptoms are now primarily affective in character rather than schizophrenic.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 128 • Number 3 • September 1971

Pages: 331 - 335

PubMed: 5570999

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Published in print: September 1971

Published online: 1 April 2006

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EUGENE ZISKIND

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ESTHER SOMERFELD

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RUTH JENS

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Emeritus Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles and Consultant, Gateways Hospital and Community Mental Health Center, 1891 Effie St., Los Angeles, Calif. 90026

Emeritus Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles

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Can Schizophrenia Change to Affective Psychosis?

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