ICD-10 specifies the continuation of symptoms for a period of two years in the diagnosis of simple schizophrenia.
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Oneirophrenia has some of the characteristics of simple schizophrenia, such as a dissociative symptoms which are typical of that disorder.
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This diagnostic rubric is not recommended for general use because it is not clearly demarcated either from simple schizophrenia or from schizoid or paranoid personality disorders, or possibly autism and aspergers as currently diagnosed.
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In a study of patients in a Massachusetts hospital, persons suffering with " simple schizophrenia " were found to make attempts at reality fulfillment with respect to the more primitive needs; tending toward the achievement of fulfillment of these needs rather than engaging in fantasy as is typically found as a reaction to environmental stimuli by the psychotic person.
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C . The symptoms are not better accounted for by Schizotypal or Schizoid Personality Disorder, a Psychotic Disorder, a Mood Disorder, an Anxiety Disorder, a dementia, or Mental Retardation and are not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance or a general medical condition . | source = DSM-IV-TR . " Appendix B : Criteria Sets and Axes Provided for Further Study . " } } " " Simple schizophrenia " has perhaps the earliest age of onset, often first beginning in childhood, and shows very gradual and insidious progression over many years.
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