Epidemiological studies of schizophrenia
@inproceedings{Allardyce2009EpidemiologicalSO,
title={Epidemiological studies of schizophrenia},
author={Judith Allardyce},
year={2009}
}In this paper, we discuss the conceptual background for including a dimensional component to the DSM V diagnoses for psychoses. We review the evidence for a continuous distribution of psychosis like symptoms in the general population and summarise the research validating the clinical usefulness of psychopathological dimensions. We conclude that diagnostic models using both categorical and dimensional representations of psychosis have better predictive validity than either model independently…
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