Article
Pheno-phenotypes: a holistic approach to the psychopathology of schizophrenia.
Current opinion in psychiatry - 1 May 2014
Stanghellini Giovanni, Rossi Rodolfo
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Mental disorders are mainly characterized via symptom assessment. Symptoms are state-like macroscopic anomalies of behaviour, experience, and expression that are deemed relevant for diagnostic purposes. An alternative approach is based on the concept of endophenotypes, which are physiological or behavioural measures occupying the terrain between symptoms and risk genotypes. We will critically...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
