For a longitudinal study of 29 males with an initial diagnosis of schizophrenia as young adults, childhood information identified excitable behavior as most strongly related to subsequent positive symptoms. This childhood variable was related to stable but not to unstable positive symptom measures. Further, stable positive symptoms were limited to the subgroup with a history of excitable behavior.
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