title: "Negative symptoms": a cumulative trauma stress disorder?
abstract: A theory is proposed that "negative symptoms", which are usually associated with schizophrenia, are manifestations of a traumatic stress disorder that is fundamentally similar in terms of the clinical phenomena and pathophysiological disturbance to chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as defined in DSM-III-R. Wider theoretical implications are explored briefly.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Psychiatry, QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia.
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Stampfer
mesh_terms: D001143:Arousal; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology