Eighteen male patients with a DSM-III-R diagnosis of schizophreniform disorder were rated on the Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms and their visual behavior during interview was recorded through an ethological technique. Affective flattening, alogia and the global severity of the negative-symptom syndrome were found to be more prominent among poor-prognosis patients. In addition, compared with patients with good prognostic features, poor-prognosis patients showed a pattern of visual behavior (less eye contact and more eye closures) suggesting poor rapport with the interviewer. The results demonstrate that cross-sectional phenomenology of patients with DSM-III-R schizophreniform disorder shows differences in important clinical domains, such as negative symptoms and capacity to establish and maintain social interaction.

Troisi, A., Pasini, A., Bersani, G., Di Mauro, M., Ciani, N. (1991). Negative symptoms and visual behavior in DSM-III-R prognostic subtypes of schizophreniform disorder. ACTA PSYCHIATRICA SCANDINAVICA, 83(5), 391-394.

Negative symptoms and visual behavior in DSM-III-R prognostic subtypes of schizophreniform disorder

TROISI, ALFONSO;PASINI, AUGUSTO;CIANI, NICOLA
1991-05-01

Abstract

Eighteen male patients with a DSM-III-R diagnosis of schizophreniform disorder were rated on the Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms and their visual behavior during interview was recorded through an ethological technique. Affective flattening, alogia and the global severity of the negative-symptom syndrome were found to be more prominent among poor-prognosis patients. In addition, compared with patients with good prognostic features, poor-prognosis patients showed a pattern of visual behavior (less eye contact and more eye closures) suggesting poor rapport with the interviewer. The results demonstrate that cross-sectional phenomenology of patients with DSM-III-R schizophreniform disorder shows differences in important clinical domains, such as negative symptoms and capacity to establish and maintain social interaction.
mag-1991
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Rilevanza internazionale
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Esperti anonimi
Settore MED/39 - NEUROPSICHIATRIA INFANTILE
English
Humans; Prognosis; Social Behavior; Fixation, Ocular; Schizophrenia; Interview, Psychological; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Military Personnel; Adult; Schizophrenic Psychology; Psychotic Disorders; Physician-Patient Relations; Male
Troisi, A., Pasini, A., Bersani, G., Di Mauro, M., Ciani, N. (1991). Negative symptoms and visual behavior in DSM-III-R prognostic subtypes of schizophreniform disorder. ACTA PSYCHIATRICA SCANDINAVICA, 83(5), 391-394.
Troisi, A; Pasini, A; Bersani, G; Di Mauro, M; Ciani, N
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