Negative symptoms at discharge and outcome in schizophrenia

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Title:	Negative symptoms at discharge and outcome in schizophrenia
Authors:	Yeh), 葉玲玲(Ling-Ling
Contributors:	健康產業管理學系
Date:	1995
Issue Date:	2012-11-26 04:02:38 (UTC+0)
Abstract:	"BACKGROUND: The clinical significance in schizophrenia of positive and negative symptoms at discharge was assessed. METHOD: Of schizophrenic patients fulfilling DSM-III criteria, 113 were recruited for this study. Personal, social and psychopathological data were collected and all cases were followed up at one and two years after discharge. RESULTS: The presence of positive symptoms (64 cases), without concomitant negative symptoms, did not predict the follow-up social function and positive symptom score. Conversely, the presence of negative symptoms (31 cases) predicted worse social functioning (P < 0.05 to P < 0.005) and higher positive symptom scores (P < 0.01) at follow-up using MANOVA: Eighteen cases (15.9%) had neither positive nor negative symptoms and had the best clinical outcome. CONCLUSIONS: Negative, but not positive, symptoms assessed at discharge are an important predictor of poor outcome. In addition, negative symptoms may themselves expose a biological vulnerability to the presence of positive symptoms. PMID: 7894878 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]"
Relation:	BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY
Appears in Collections:	[Department of Healthcare Administration] Journal Article

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