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Schizophrenic autism. 2. Proposal for a nomothetic definition.

H Gündel·G A Rudolf
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Since its introduction by E. Bleuler in 1911, the so-called 'basic symptom' autism has often been considered cardinally important within schizophrenic symptomatology. A lack of precise definition and hence of reliability, however, has eroded the former importance of this term, which cannot be found in modern diagnostic systems. Using a specific text-analytical method, we evaluated all accessible publications on schizophrenic autism, focusing on the descriptive-empirical approach. The entire material was then summed up in five essential points, providing a possibly more reliable (nomothetic) explication of the complex term of autism.

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H Gündel, G A Rudolf. 1993. Schizophrenic autism. 2. Proposal for a nomothetic definition.. https://doi.org/10.1159/000284838

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