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L. Pelizza - Vol. 10, June 2004, Issue 2
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Schizofrenia simplex: attualità
del pensiero di Eugen Bleuler
Simple schizophrenia: modernity of Eugen Bleuler’s thinking
The diagnostic category called Simple Schizophrenia has disappeared from official American nosology but has been retained in the ICD-10. This diagnosis has a long history, was one of the traditional schizophrenic subtypes identified by Bleuler, and was later accepted by Kraepelin. The author provides a historical overview of the concept, reviews its modern successors and agrees with the DSM-IV recommendations for its inclusion as proposed diagnostic category needing further study.