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  • Clinical Psychology
  • Neuroscience

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  • Schizophrenia spectrum disorders exhibit high prevalence of deficit states.
  • Clinical heterogeneity of negative symptoms poses challenges in diagnosis and treatment.

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  • To analyze negative symptoms in schizophrenia from historical and modern perspectives.
  • To define the clinical types and trajectory heterogeneity of negative symptoms.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of historical and modern research.
  • Analysis of clinical observations and case studies.
  • Comparative analysis of negative and positive symptom trajectories.

Main Results:

  • Identified three clinical types of negative symptoms: 'pseudopsychopathic', pseudoorganic/asthenic/pseudobradiphrenic, and 'new'-life pseudopsychopathic.
  • Defined heterogeneous trajectory courses: simultaneous-continuous, polar, and simultaneous-phasic.
  • Highlighted the clinical differences, trajectory variations, and need for differentiated treatment approaches.

Conclusions:

  • Negative symptoms in schizophrenia are clinically diverse and follow heterogeneous courses.
  • A differentiated approach to psychopathological qualification, prognosis, and treatment is essential.
  • Further research into psychopharmacological interventions for negative symptoms is warranted.