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Negative Symptoms: A Critique of Current Approaches

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There has been considerable interest in the negative symptoms of schizophrenia. However, the conceptual and methodologic approaches employed in most investigations have undermined the power of study designs and severely limited advances in the field.

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  1. Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 21228, USA

    C. Tamminga

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  1. Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik, Sigmund-Freud-Straße 25, W-5300, Bonn, Germany

    Andreas Marneros

  2. Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, 500 Newton Road, Iowa City, IO, 52242, USA

    Nancy C. Andreasen MD., Ph. D.

  3. Harvard Departments of Psychiatry and Epidemiology, Brockton/West Roxbury VA Medical Center, 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA, 02401, USA

    Ming T. Tsuang MD., Ph. D., D. Sc.

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Carpenter, W.T., Buchanan, R.W., Kirkpatrick, B., Thaker, G., Tamminga, C. (1991). Negative Symptoms: A Critique of Current Approaches. In: Marneros, A., Andreasen, N.C., Tsuang, M.T. (eds) Negative Versus Positive Schizophrenia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76841-5_9

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