Poor premorbid adjustment and CT scan abnormalities in chronic schizophrenia.

摘要: The authors evaluated the premorbid adjustment of 51 chronic schizophrenic patients by retrospective chart analysis using a novel scale. Those with CT evidence suggestive brain atrophy had significantly worse scores, particularly during childhood, than did normal scans. This finding provides further support for clinical relevance findings in and implicates neuropathological process that occurs early development.