Open Access<p>The Relationship Between Course of Illness and β-Endorphin Plasma Levels in Patients with Schizophrenia</p>
Author(s) -
Małgorzata Urban-Kowalczyk,
Magdalena Kotlicka-Antczak,
Dominik Strzelecki,
Ewa Rudecka,
Janusz Śmigielski
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
neuropsychiatric disease and treatment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2021
pISSN - 1176-6328
DOI - 10.2147/ndt.s225321
Subject(s) - medicine , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychiatry , illness severity , severity of illness
Extensive investigations have been conducted into predictors of schizophrenia outcome. The heterogeneity of the illness implies that many factors should be taken into account. Some studies have reported the relationship between increased β-endorphin concentration and predominant negative symptoms.