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Rating of Negative Symptoms Using the High Royds Evaluation of Negativity (HEN) Scale

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2018

Ann M. Mortimer ,
P.J. McKenna ,
C.E. Lund  and
S. Mannuzza
Ann M. Mortimer
Affiliation:
St Luke's Hospital, Huddersfield
P.J. McKenna
Affiliation:
St Luke's Hospital, Huddersfield
C.E. Lund
Affiliation:
St Luke's Hospital, Huddersfield
S. Mannuzza
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Institute, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York
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The concept of deterioration has always been central to schizophrenia, and forms a cornerstone of current diagnostic and conceptual thinking (e.g. DSM–III; Crow, 1985; Weinberger, 1987). Recently, there has been a renewal of interest in the deficits of schizophrenia, with attempts to identify, classify, and measure the relevant abnormalities. According to current thinking (Crow 1985; Wing, this volume) negative symptoms i.e. deficits in emotion, volition and social interaction, represent a distinctive cluster of impairments with aetiological, prognostic and therapeutic significance. Verification of this view of course requires reliable and valid measures of negative symptoms.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 155 , Issue S7: Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia , November 1989 , pp. 89 - 91
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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