Abstract:Our considerations are based upon a new concept of schizophrenia and upon our clinical experience which has been controlled in two catamnestic studies. The new concept contains the notion of vulnerability, saying that there is no specific process underlying mental illness but there is a variety of interacting organic and psychosocial factors causing a special vulnerability leading towards psychotic break down in situations of stress. An optimal treatment should therefore consist of preventing relapse and at th… Show more
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