[A statistical comparison of the different factor analyses of the AMP-system (author's transl)]

The intercorrelations of five different factor-analytically derived syndrome solutions of the AMP-system were computed. The syndromes were based on the psychopathological symptoms of 2,269 patients on admission to the psychiatric clinic of the Free University of Berlin. The syndromes which were similar in content in the solutions of different clinics could be shown to intercorrelate quite highly. Only the different syndromes of stupor and obsession-compulsion did not show the same high degree of similarity. Between the syndromes of the solution of one clinic as well as between the solutions of different clinics high intercorrelations were computed comparing non-corresponding syndromes; this could be demonstrated for the syndromes of mania with hostility and of apathy with stupor and depression. For building syndromes in the AMDP-system in the near future the aim for independence of the syndromatic scales seems to be important.