Next-generation negative symptom assessment for clinical trials: Validation of the Brief Negative Symptom Scale

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 142, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 88-92

  Strauss, Gregory P ^a   Keller, William R ^a   Buchanan, Robert W ^a,b   Gold, James M ^a   Fischer, Bernard A ^a,b   McMahon, Robert P ^a   Catalano, Lauren T ^a   Culbreth, Adam J ^a   Carpenter, William T ^a,b   Kirkpatrick, Brian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alogia; Anhedonia; Asociality; Avolition; Blunted Affect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ANHEDONIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLUNTED AFFECT; BRIEF NEGATIVE SYMPTOM SCALE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GUILT; HALLUCINATION; HEBEPHRENIA; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSITIVE SYNDROME; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SELF REPORT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84869864467     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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