title: Amotivation and functional outcomes in early schizophrenia.
abstract: Negative symptoms, particularly amotivation/apathy, are intimately tied to functional outcomes. In the present study, apathy strongly predicted psychosocial functioning in a sample of early course schizophrenia patients. This relationship remained robust even after controlling for other clinical variables. These data suggest amotivation is core to functioning across the disease course.
authors.affiliation: Schizophrenia Division, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada; Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. Electronic address: gagan.fervaha@utoronto.ca.
authors.forename: Gagan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fervaha
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Foussias
authors.forename: Ofer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Agid
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Remington
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D057565:Apathy; D056344:Executive Function / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation / Q000502:physiology; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology
keywords: Amotivation; Functioning; Negative symptoms