Lack of use in the literature from the last 20 years supports dropping traditional schizophrenia subtypes from DSM-5 and ICD-11

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 751-753

  Braff, David L ^a,b   Ryan, James ^a   Rissling, Anthony J ^a   Carpenter, William T ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

classification; schizophrenia; subtypes

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; DSM-5; ICD-11; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 84879335531     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbt068     Document Type: Review

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