The study of premorbid adjustment in schizophrenia has potential for clarifying etiological components of this disorder and revealing factors that help determine its course. Although many approaches to the evaluation of premorbid function have been taken, much remains to be learned about what these techniques actually measure, why and how they work, and how they could be improved further with regard to validity and the information they provide on crucial processes related to schizophrenia and its course. The literature in this area is extensive, and the significantly related topics numerous. In order to provide a wide overview, we have chosen to review in this series of reports a few crucial issues in depth and to survey more briefly several other areas where less information is available. Each of the reports will describe a major area of importance for understanding premorbid adjustment and suggest the implications of findings in that area for improved conceptualization and for refining techniques to measure premorbid adjustment. The reports will cover the following topics:
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Strauss et al. (1977) studied this question.