Psychometric evaluation of the negative syndrome of schizophrenia

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 265, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 559-566

  Garcia Portilla, Maria Paz ^a,b   Garcia Alvarez, Leticia ^b   Saiz, Pilar A ^a,b   Al Halabi, Susana ^b   Bobes Bascaran, Maria Teresa ^c   Bascaran, Maria Teresa ^b   Muñiz, José ^a,b   Bobes, Julio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Negative syndrome; Patient outcomes; Psychometric evaluation; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ANHEDONIA; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; BLUNTED AFFECT; BRIEF NEGATIVE SYMPTOM SCALE; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE EXTENDED VERSION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT INTERVIEW FOR NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS; CONTENT VALIDITY; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; MOTIVATION AND PLEASURE SCALE SELF-REPORT; NEGATIVE SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT SCALE FOUR ITEM; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; NSA 16 NEGATIVE SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT SCALE 16 ITEMS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; SCALE FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIA ASSESSMENT; SHORT SCALE FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS; SUBJECTIVE EXPERIENCE OF NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOMETRICS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84941934478     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: 14338491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-015-0595-z     Document Type: Review

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