Am J Psychiatry 1986; 143:825-830
Copyright © 1986 by American Psychiatric Association
Paranoid disorder: the Soviet viewpoint
DW Swanson and DK Swanson
The Russian-language psychiatric literature on the paranoid disorders was
reviewed for a recent 10-year period. The authors were from a variety of
facilities and geographic locations. Bibliography references were primarily
European, although 41% of the articles included references to American
publications. The paranoid patient population was similar to that in the
United States. There was extensive longitudinal study of the disorders;
epidemiologic investigations, diagnostic classification, pharmacotherapy,
treatment outcome, and etiologic theories allowed comparison with these
issues in the United States.
