Seeking verisimilitude in a class: A systematic review of evidence that the criterial clinical symptoms of schizophrenia are taxonic

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 811-829

  Linscott, Richard J ^a   Allardyce, Judith ^a   Os, Jimvan ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coherent cut kinetics; Distribution; Latent class; Latent continuum; Latent variable modeling; Taxometric analysis

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAXONOMY; VALIDATION STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 77958181393     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbn181     Document Type: Review

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