The Relative Stability of Positive and Negative Features in Chronic Schizophrenia
- 2 January 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 150 (1) , 60-64
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.150.1.60
Abstract
The mental states of 92 inpatients with chronic schizophrenia were assessed on two occasions 4 years apart. The relationship between the two ratings was examined in the 84 patients who were either consistently on or consistently off neuroleptics. Negative features were more stable than positive, but were not irreversible. Every feature examined was shown to resolve in some cases.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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