Correlations between the clinical picture and the intentionality in schizophrenic and schizoaffective patients

The results are presented of catamnestic research on 24 patients with the diagnosis of schizophrenia at the first clinical episode confirmed according to the ICD-10 criteria. The clinical picture rated with the Positive and Negative Symptoms Scale (Kay, Fiszbein and Opler, 1987) and with the BPRS, was correlated with the intentionality, which was rated with the InSka (IntentionalitätsSkala; Mundt, 1985). The transformation of the phenomenal significance into a numeric value enables the use of mathematical methods for the search of interactions inside the schizophrenic phenomenon. We found the following significant tendencies: (1) the negative syndrome score correlates with the residual intentionality; (2) the negative syndrome score correlates with the premorbid intentionality; (3) the clinical thought disturbance correlates with the premorbid speech content intentional profile.