Review Note

Course specifiers for schizophrenia: 

Schizophrenia, first episode - {{c1::used to identify people experiencing symptoms that meet the diagnostic requirements for schizophrenia but who have NEVER before experienced an episode which diagnostic requirements for schizophrenia were met}} 

Schizophrenia, multiple episodes - {{c2::used to identify people experiencing symptoms that meet the diagnostic requirements for schizophrenia and who HAVE experienced episodes for which diagnostic requirements for schizophrenia were met, with substantial remission of symptoms between episodes }}

Schizophrenia, continuous - {{c3::symptoms fulfilling all requirements of schizophrenia have been present for almost all of the illness course over a period of at least one year, with period of subthreshold symptoms being very brief relative to the overall course}}