Is “praecox feeling” a phenomenological fossil? A preliminary study on diagnostic decision making in schizophrenia

The “criteriological revolution” has profoundly modified the practice and teaching of psychiatric nosology. DSM-III was based upon third-person data which aimed to be context- and observer-independent. The origin of this epistemological shift lie in the late 1970's reliability concerns about diagnos is in disorders such as schizophrenia (Aboraya, 2007; Robins and Guze, 1970; Sartorius et al., 1972). However, by focusing on reliability only, contemporary nosologies may have neglected the issue of validity (Parnas et al., 2013).
Source: Schizophrenia Research - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research