[Negative symptoms with relation to the remission in the early stage of schizophrenic psychosis].

103 patients were admitted for the first time to the psychiatric hospital (Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Warsaw) between 1976-1983 and received a research diagnosis of schizophrenia (in accordance with the ICD-9 criteria). The course and clinical pattern of the illness were analyzed at a follow-up in 65 patients-rehospitalized in the 5th year from their first admission and in 10 patients not rehospitalized during catamnestic period. As regards the clinical pattern analysis, it was focussed on negative symptoms occurrence, as assessed using the Andreasen Scales (SANS). The quality of remission was evaluated. The data obtained from the case reports were statistically tested and the results were presented in the tables according to the research questions. The occurrence of negative symptoms (affective blunting, alogia, apathy, anhedonia, attention) at first hospitalization had no relation to the quality of the remission at the five-year follow-up.