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The Present Status of First-Rank Symptoms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

C. S. Mellor
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Kurt Schneider asserted that certain symptoms which he termed ‘first-rank’ invariably distinguished between schizophrenia and manic-depressive psychosis. This assertion, which has attracted considerable critical attention during the past ten years, will be examined in the light of these recent investigations.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 140 , Issue 4 , April 1982 , pp. 423 - 424
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1982 

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