Neuroimaging Evidence for the Deficit Subtype of Schizophrenia
Author(s) -
Aristotle N. Voineskos,
George Foussias,
Jason P. Lerch,
Daniel Felsky,
Gary Remington,
Tarek K. Rajji,
Nancy J. Lobaugh,
Bruce G. Pollock,
Benoit H. Mulsant
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
jama psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.531
H-Index - 365
eISSN - 2168-6238
pISSN - 2168-622X
DOI - 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.786
Subject(s) - schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , white matter , brief psychiatric rating scale , neuroimaging , psychiatry , psychology , population , positive and negative syndrome scale , psychosis , magnetic resonance imaging , medicine , environmental health , radiology
A major obstacle to the identification of the neurobiological correlates of schizophrenia is the substantial clinical heterogeneity present in this disorder. Dividing schizophrenia into "deficit" and "nondeficit" subtypes may reduce heterogeneity and facilitate identification of neurobiological markers of disease.
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