Negative symptoms have been assessed in 34 cases of major depression (ROC) using the scale for assessment of negative symptoms. Negative symptoms were found to be quite frequently observed in these cases; common negative symptoms were inability to enjoy recreational interests and activities (76%), feelings of anhedonia (64.7%) and physical anergia (55.9%). Poverty of speech was found to be more...

The negative symptoms have been described in association with schizophrenia since the early days of it being recognized as an entity. However, their elusive nature kept them unacknowledged until there was a revival of interest in them following the development of specific quantifying measures. Over the past three decades, there has been a tremendous surge in research on their types, measurement...

Clinicians often overlook the presence of negative symptoms in treating schizophrenia. The burden borne by patients, families, and society is quite heavy. These not only have high costs, but also affect functional prognosis independence socializing. There a need for adequate therapy schizophrenia which can improve patient’s quality life. Negative are characterized blunt affect, alogia, avolitio...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background : schizophrenia requires a large share of medical resources due to its early onset and chronic and severe nature. compliance therapy is a therapy specifically designed to improve concordance with treatment for those with major mental illnesses. the aim of present study was to determine whether compliance therapy...

objective: the present study aimed to clarify dissociative symptoms in patients with schizophrenia and its association with negative and positive symptom of schizophrenia. methods: based on the 4th edition of diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm-iv) criteria, 80 schizophrenic subjects were randomly selected from patients who referred to the clinics of psychiatry hospital i...