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Siv Hege Lyngstad1, John Paul Lyne2, Henrik Myhre Ihler3
1Nydalen DPS, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Abstract:
Among negative symptoms, apathy is central to the impairments in real-life functioning in schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD). Thus, optimizing treatment for apathy appears key to improve outcomes. In treatment research, however, negative symptoms are typically studied as a unifactorial construct. We, therefore, aim to shed necessary light on the status of apathy identification and treatment in SSD.
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