Identifying persistent negative symptoms in first episode psychosis

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Although persistent negative symptoms (PNS) are known to contribute significantly to poor functional outcome, they remain poorly understood. We examined the heuristic value of various PNS definitions and their respective prevalence i...

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Main Authors: Hovington Cindy L, Bodnar Michael, Joober Ridha, Malla Ashok K, Lepage Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-12-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/12/224