Turning the Spotlight on Apathy: Identification and Treatment in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders

Among negative symptoms, apathy is central to the impairments in real-life functioning in schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD). Thus, optimizing treatment for apathy appears key to improve outcomes. In treatment research, however, negative symptoms are typically studied as a unifactorial construct...

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Autores principales: Lyngstad, Siv Hege, Lyne, John Paul, Ihler, Henrik Myhre, van der Meer, Lisette, Færden, Ann, Melle, Ingrid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
Materias:
Schizophrenia in Translation (Invited)— Feature Editor Svein Friis
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10483442/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37193675
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbad070
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Sumario:Among negative symptoms, apathy is central to the impairments in real-life functioning in schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD). Thus, optimizing treatment for apathy appears key to improve outcomes. In treatment research, however, negative symptoms are typically studied as a unifactorial construct. We, therefore, aim to shed necessary light on the status of apathy identification and treatment in SSD.

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