Dr. Raymond Chan’s team from CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health has provided an alternative proxy score to classify persistent negative symptoms in schizophrenia
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| Schizophrenia is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by both positive and negative symptoms. Despite the fact that clinical diagnosis was mainly based on the presence of positive symptoms such as hallucination and delusion, it is the negative symptoms (such as anhedonia and amotivation) that ultimately determine the functional outcome of patients with schizophrenia. Patients w... |
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The Low Pleasure Beliefs Play a Critical Role in Determining Whether Individuals with Mental Disorders Engage in Reward-seeking Activities
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| Anhedonia is a core clinical symptom for various mental disorders including schizophrenia, major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and substance abusers. Anhedonia has been thought to be an important predictor of functional outcome and disease liability. Traditionally, anhedonia has been defined as a reduced ability to experience joyful events or an intention to approach rewards. However, ... |
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Six Chinese Officials Kill Themselves in a Month, Mental Illness Cited
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| Six government and Party officials in China committed suicide by jumping off tall buildings or cutting wrist within a month. Only one of them survived.
Cheng Wandong, a county-level Party official in East China's Jiangsu Province, killed himself during a training session in the neighboring Zhejiang Province last week, news site thepaper.cn reported Sunday. |
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