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The Diagnostic Specificity of Negative Symptoms and their Psychopathological Context

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2018

Ch. Mundt ,
S. Kasper  and
M. Huerkamp
Ch. Mundt
Affiliation:
Psychiatric University Hospital, Heidelberg
S. Kasper
Affiliation:
Psychiatric University Hospital, Bonn
M. Huerkamp
Affiliation:
Psychological Institute, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg
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Rating scales for negative symptoms, basic symptoms and other comparable psychopathological syndromes were not originally constructed in order to make psychiatric diagnoses. Moreover, these scales were intended to be applied principally to schizophrenic patients. From the point of view of psychological testing their application to non-schizophrenic patients could be rejected on methodological grounds. Nevertheless there are some considerations which may justify such an investigation.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 155 , Issue S7: Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia , November 1989 , pp. 32 - 36
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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