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The Relative Stability of Positive and Negative Features in Chronic Schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

E. C. Johnstone ,
D. G. C. Owens ,
C. D. Frith  and
T. J. Crow
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Abstract

The mental states of 92 inpatients with chronic schizophrenia were assessed on two occasions 4 years apart. The relationship between the two ratings was examined in the 84 patients who were either consistently on or consistently off neuroleptics. Negative features were more stable than positive, but were not irreversible. Every feature examined was shown to resolve in some cases.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 150 , Issue 1 , January 1987 , pp. 60 - 64
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Copyright © 1987 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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