Cognitive impairment in schizophrenia involves a broad array of nonsocial and social
cognitive domains. It is a core feature of the illness, and one with substantial implications for …

Apathy and anhedonia are common syndromes of motivation that are associated with a wide
range of brain disorders and have no established therapies. Research using animal models …

Negative symptoms have long been conceptualized as a core aspect of schizophrenia. They
play a key role in the functional outcome of the disorder, and their management represents a …

The rapid growth of the literature on positive interventions to increase “happiness” has
suggested the need for an overarching conceptual framework to integrate the many and …

Research into the comorbidity between emotional psychopathology and cigarette smoking
has often focused upon anxiety and depression's manifest symptoms and syndromes, with …

Background Two objectives of the NIMH Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) initiative are to
identify (a) mechanisms that are common to multiple psychiatric disorders, and (b) …

Objective A major barrier to developing treatments for negative symptoms has been
measurement concerns with existing assessment tools. Fulfilling the top recommendation of …

Purpose The aim of the review is to understand the relationships between loneliness and
related psychological and social factors in individuals with psychosis. Loneliness is poorly …

2Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior, Medical College of Georgia; 3Division of
Adult Translational Research and Development, National Institute of Mental Health, National …

Social cognition has become a high priority area for the study of schizophrenia. However,
despite developments in this area, progress remains limited by inconsistent terminology and …