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Negative and positive symptoms were determined for 46 drug-free patients who met Research Diagnostic Criteria (RDC) and/or Feighner criteria for schizophrenia. A modified version of the Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS) was completed for each patient based on items from the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (SADS) and other scales. Positive symptoms were scor...

conclusions according to this model, students with high score on negative perfectionism by mechanism of academic rumination report higher depressive symptoms, however students with high score on positive perfectionism report lower depressive symptoms through reduction of ruminative thoughts. results preliminary analyses revealed that positive perfectionism was negatively correlated with both de...

Abstract Background: Many schizophrenic patients are engaged in self-medication drug abuse, including narcotics. It is assumed that many of these patients have a greater number of psychotic symptoms, and show noncompliance with treatment. In this study, we investigated relationship of positive and negative symptoms and opioid dependence in these patients. Methods: This was a descriptive...

background: schizophrenia is a devastating psychiatric disorder and its  positive and negative symptoms have negative effects on social functions. a combination of pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments is considered more effective for this condition. the present study aimed to determine the effect of a group horticulture program on psychiatric symptoms in patients with chronic schi...