[Autistic syndrome in schizophrenia].

Based on clinical and pathophysiological examinations of 46 schizophrenic patients, diverse manifestations of autism were distinguished and presented in the form of 3 interrelated components. These components were characterized by the nonuniform intensity and formed the following clinical varieties of autism encountered in the clinical picture of schizophrenia: primarily behavioral autism, super-valuable autism, delusions, autistic delusional fantasies, and pseudoautism. The autistic thinking is the pivotal symptom uniting different varieties of the autistic syndrome. The clinical variety of the autistic syndrome was formed in accordance with the premorbid features of the patient, by the pattern and stage of the schizophrenic process and by manifestations of negative symptoms.