The NIMH-MATRICS consensus statement on negative symptoms

B Kirkpatrick, WS Fenton, WT Carpenter Jr… - Schizophrenia …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
2Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior, Medical College of Georgia; 3Division of
Adult Translational Research and Development, National Institute of Mental Health, National …

[HTML][HTML] Humanistic burden in schizophrenia: a literature review

A Millier, U Schmidt, MC Angermeyer… - Journal of psychiatric …, 2014 - Elsevier
Objectives of the study and background Schizophrenia is a complex disease that affects 1%
of the population. This disease has a considerable impact not only on patients' health and …

Rethinking theoretical approaches to stigma: A framework integrating normative influences on stigma (FINIS)

BA Pescosolido, JK Martin, A Lang… - Social science & medicine, 2008 - Elsevier
A resurgence of research and policy efforts on stigma both facilitates and forces a
reconsideration of the levels and types of factors that shape reactions to persons with …

Stigma, social function and symptoms in schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder: Associations across 6 months

PH Lysaker, LW Davis, DM Warman, A Strasburger… - Psychiatry …, 2007 - Elsevier
Research suggests stigma is a barrier to self-esteem and the attainment of resources in
schizophrenia. Less clear is the association of stigma experiences with symptoms and social …

The effects of physical exercises to mental state and quality of life in patients with schizophrenia

AA Acil, S Dogan, O Dogan - Journal of psychiatric and mental …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of 10 weeks of physical exercises
programme on mental states and quality of life (QOL) of individuals with schizophrenia. The …

Social interaction and social withdrawal in rodents as readouts for investigating the negative symptoms of schizophrenia

CA Wilson, JI Koenig - European Neuropsychopharmacology, 2014 - Elsevier
Negative symptoms (eg, asociality and anhedonia) are a distinct symptomatic domain that
has been found to significantly affect the quality of life in patients diagnosed with …

Internalized stigma in schizophrenia: relations with dysfunctional attitudes, symptoms, and quality of life

SG Park, ME Bennett, SM Couture, JJ Blanchard - Psychiatry research, 2013 - Elsevier
Internalized stigma refers to the process by which individuals with mental illness apply
negative stereotypes to themselves, expect to be rejected by others, and feel alienated from …

“The opposite of treatment”: A qualitative study of how patients diagnosed with psychosis experience music therapy

HP Solli, R Rolvsjord - Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Previous research studies regarding music therapy and severe mental illness have mainly
adopted quantitative methodologies in order to study the effectiveness of music therapy …

Factors associated with quality of life of outpatients with breast cancer and gynecologic cancers and their family caregivers: a controlled study

AW Awadalla, JU Ohaeri, A Gholoum, AOA Khalid… - BMC cancer, 2007 - Springer
Background Quality of life (QOL) issues are of interest in cancer because effective methods
of treatment and detection have led to an increase in the number of long-term survivors. The …

A good quality of life under the influence of methadone: A qualitative study among opiate-dependent individuals

J De Maeyer, W Vanderplasschen, L Camfield… - International journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Attention from researchers and health care workers to the quality of life
(QoL) of opiate users is growing, but most studies are quantitative, giving limited attention to …