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. 2013 Dec 15;210(2):665-8.
doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.07.024. Epub 2013 Aug 1.

Amotivation and functional outcomes in early schizophrenia

Gagan Fervaha  1 , George Foussias, Ofer Agid, Gary Remington
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Amotivation and functional outcomes in early schizophrenia

Gagan Fervaha et al. Psychiatry Res. .

Abstract

Negative symptoms, particularly amotivation/apathy, are intimately tied to functional outcomes. In the present study, apathy strongly predicted psychosocial functioning in a sample of early course schizophrenia patients. This relationship remained robust even after controlling for other clinical variables. These data suggest amotivation is core to functioning across the disease course.

Keywords: Amotivation; Functioning; Negative symptoms.

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