The positive/negative symptom distinction in psychoses a replication and extension of previous findings

Elaine F. Walker; Philip D. Harvey; Debra Perlman

doi:10.1097/00005053-198806000-00005

The positive/negative symptom distinction in psychoses a replication and extension of previous findings

Elaine F. Walker, Philip D. Harvey, Debra Perlman

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

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Abstract

The independence and internal consistency of Andreasen's positive and negative symptom scales was found to be good for schizophrenics but not for a comparison group of manic patients, supporting the assumption that the symptom distinction is diagnosis specific. Discriminant function analysis revealed that ratings of positive and negative symptoms are capable of predicting diagnostic category for the two groups with a high degree of accuracy.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	359-363
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
Volume	176
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/00005053-198806000-00005
State	Published - Jun 1988

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Walker, E. F., Harvey, P. D., & Perlman, D. (1988). The positive/negative symptom distinction in psychoses a replication and extension of previous findings. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 176(6), 359-363. https://doi.org/10.1097/00005053-198806000-00005

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