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11728841

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-11-30
pubmed:abstractText
This study examined the relationship between nonverbal social perception and symptomatology in schizophrenia. Schizophrenic patients (n=28) and normal controls (n=28) were given the profile of nonverbal sensitivity test (PONS). Patients' symptoms were rated with the brief psychiatric rating scale (BPRS). Schizophrenic subjects performed significantly more poorly than normal subjects in their ability to decode nonverbal cues. In addition, normal subjects improved their accuracy significantly more than patients when provided with additional cues per scene to decode. The patients' total PONS score was not significantly correlated with the BPRS summary scores for positive or negative symptoms, but was significantly correlated with the individual positive symptom of conceptual disorganization. Subjects classified as having paranoid schizophrenia (n=11) on the basis of chart diagnoses performed significantly better on the PONS than did undifferentiated schizophrenic subjects (n=13). The discussion reviews how these results contribute to our understanding of social deficits in schizophrenia.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0920-9964
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
53
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
83-91
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-2
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Nonverbal social perception and symptomatology in schizophrenia.
pubmed:affiliation
Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry (116A) at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center and Brockton/West Roxbury Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02301, USA. rosemary_toomey@hms.harvard.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.