Open AccessDoes the Duration of the Illness Affect the Severity of Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia?
Author(s) -
Nejra Becarevic,
No author No author,
R. Softić,
Enes Osmanović
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
materia socio-medica/materia socio medica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1986-597X
pISSN - 1512-7680
DOI - 10.5455/msm.2022.33.25-27
Subject(s) - schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , illness severity , negative symptom , affect (linguistics) , medicine , scale for the assessment of negative symptoms , psychiatry , severity of illness , psychology , psychosis , communication
The negative symptoms of schizophrenia are less known aspects of the illness although they often mark its course and outcome. Negative symptoms refer to loss of function, and they are associated with poor outcomes. It is considered that they are more prominent with the longer duration of illness.