Basic symptoms and negative symptoms in the light of language impairment

G Stanghellini; L Quercioli; V Ricca; W K Strik; P Cabras

doi:10.1016/0010-440x(91)90006-x

Basic symptoms and negative symptoms in the light of language impairment

Compr Psychiatry. 1991 Mar-Apr;32(2):141-6. doi: 10.1016/0010-440x(91)90006-x.

Authors

G Stanghellini¹, L Quercioli, V Ricca, W K Strik, P Cabras

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Florence, Italy.

PMID: 2022113
DOI: 10.1016/0010-440x(91)90006-x

Abstract

The Frankfurter Beschwerde-Fragebogen (FBF), assessing basic symptoms (B-S), and the Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS) were administered to 30 patients satisfying DSM-III-R criteria for the diagnosis of schizophrenia. Considering the relationship between BS and negative symptoms (N-S), we identified the key role of the impairment of receptive and expressive language for the correlation of these two orders of phenomena.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Humans
Language Disorders / complications
Language Disorders / diagnosis*
Language Disorders / psychology
Male
Middle Aged
Personality Inventory
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Schizophrenia / complications
Schizophrenia / diagnosis*
Schizophrenia, Paranoid / complications
Schizophrenia, Paranoid / diagnosis
Schizophrenia, Paranoid / psychology
Schizophrenic Psychology*