The selectivity, polarity and characteristic features of autistic and syntonic schizophrenia

In previous papers (3, 4, 5) the author presented a hypothesis concerning important features of clinical picture of paranoid schizophrenia, that is selectivity and polarity (bipolarity). Numerous research works aimed at closer recognition of some differences of clinical picture of paranoid schizophrenia have been conducted under the author's direction. The formation of certain psychopathological proportions discerned by the author has been researched with intentionally elaborated scales. The research results have led to distinguishing autistic and syntonic schizophrenia.