An international perspective on assessment of negative and positive symptoms in schizophrenia.
The authors used the Scale for Assessment of Negative Symptoms and the Scale for Assessment of Positive Symptoms in interviews of 96 psychiatric inpatients in Italy. They evaluated the interrater reliability and the internal consistency of these scales for the assessment of negative and positive symptoms in schizophrenia. Their findings indicate that the results of these scales are similar in Italy and the United States, countries with different languages and cultures.
Department of Psychiatry, University of Milan, Italy.
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D000328:Adult; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D014481:United States