Book chapter
Positive and negative symptoms: historical and conceptual aspects
Schizophrenia: Positive and Negative Symptoms and Syndromes, Vol.24, pp.1-42
Modern problems of pharmacopsychiatry, 24, Karger
1990
DOI: 10.1159/000418010
PMID: 2186267
Abstract
The re-emergence of interest in negative symptoms during the past decade has generated a creative period for the study of psychopathology in schizophrenia. Increasingly, a relative balance has been restored to descriptive psychopathology, giving more equal emphasis on florid colorful symptoms such as delusions and hallucinations as well as the more debilitating negative symptoms. An emphasis on considering the neural mechanisms that may underlie both positive and negative symptoms has led to a more focused approach to asking questions about psychopathology, particularly emphasizing the importance of longitudinal perspectives and the possible interaction between treatment effects and psychopathology. These developments cannot help but improve the quality of both basic and clinical research in schizophrenia during the next decade.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Positive and negative symptoms: historical and conceptual aspects
- Creators
- N C Andreasen - Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Schizophrenia: Positive and Negative Symptoms and Syndromes, Vol.24, pp.1-42
- Publisher
- Karger; Switzerland
- Series
- Modern problems of pharmacopsychiatry; 24
- DOI
- 10.1159/000418010
- PMID
- 2186267
- ISSN
- 0077-0094
- Grant note
- MH31593 / NIMH NIH HHS MH40856 / NIMH NIH HHS MH43271 / NIMH NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1990
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984003438202771
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