Patient subgroups of schizophrenia based on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale: composition and transition between acute and subsided disease states
Huang G, Tsai H, Hwu H, Chen C, Liu C, Hua M, Chen W. Patient subgroups of schizophrenia based on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale: composition and transition between acute and subsided disease states. Comprehensive Psychiatry 2010, 52: 469-478. PMID: 21193177, DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2010.10.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive and Negative Syndrome ScaleNegative Syndrome ScaleNegative symptomsSyndrome ScaleWhole syndromeFlorid symptomsNeurobiological studies of schizophreniaPartial syndromesSubgroup of schizophreniaStudies of schizophreniaReality distortionAcute schizophreniaNeurocognitive variablesLatent class analysisNeurobiological studiesSchizophreniaSymptom patternsPatient subgroupsAcute stateClass analysisSociodemographic variablesPAN dataSymptomsHostilityRegression extensionFollow-up of subjects with suspected pre-psychotic state in Taiwan
Liu C, Lai M, Liu C, Chiu Y, Hsieh M, Hwang T, Chien Y, Chen W, Hua M, Hsiung P, Huang Y, Hwu H. Follow-up of subjects with suspected pre-psychotic state in Taiwan. Schizophrenia Research 2010, 126: 65-70. PMID: 21112187, DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2010.10.028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMalePsychotic DisordersResidence CharacteristicsSurvival AnalysisTaiwanYoung AdultConceptsFirst-episode psychosisPre-psychotic stateUHR subjectsRate of conversion to psychosisUltra-high-risk groupConversion to psychosisPsychosis risk syndromeFollow-upRisk groupsIntermediate-risk groupNegative symptomsSchizophreniform disorderSchizoaffective disorderPsychotic disordersAntipsychotic useBipolar disorderClinical interviewFollow-up of subjectsOutcomes of subjectsCommunity-based populationRisk syndromeDiagnostic categoriesPsychosisClinical attentionUHR