Anhedonia, depression and the deficit syndrome of schizophrenia

G Loas; C Noisette; A Legrand; P Boyer

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.1996.tb09894.x

Anhedonia, depression and the deficit syndrome of schizophrenia

Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1996 Dec;94(6):477-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1996.tb09894.x.

Authors

G Loas¹, C Noisette, A Legrand, P Boyer

Affiliation

¹ Service Hospitalo-Universitaire de Psychiatrie, Hopital Pinel, Amiens, France.

PMID: 9021003
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1996.tb09894.x

Abstract

A total of 29 deficit schizophrenics were compared with 121 non-deficit schizophrenics using the Physical Anhedonia Scale (PAS) and the abridged form of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). The results show that the deficit schizophrenics had a higher score on the PAS and lower score on the BDI than the non-deficit schizophrenics.

MeSH terms

Adult
Depression / diagnosis
Depression / psychology*
Female
Humans
Male
Personality Inventory / statistics & numerical data
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / statistics & numerical data
Psychometrics
Schizophrenia / diagnosis*
Schizophrenic Psychology*