Three-factor model of schizophrenia
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The three-factor model of symptoms in schizophrenia[1] is a model of schizophrenia
The three factors identified are:
- 'disorganization syndrome
- 'reality distortion' (involving delusions and hallucinations)
- 'psychomotor poverty' (poverty of speech, lack of spontaneous movement and various aspects of blunting of emotion).
References
- ↑ Liddle PF. (1987) The symptoms of chronic schizophrenia. A re-examination of the positive-negative dichotomy. British Journal of Psychiatry, 151, 145-51.