Amotivation and functional outcomes in early schizophrenia

Abstract

Negative symptoms, particularly amotivation/apathy, are intimately tied to functional outcomes. In the present study, apathy strongly predicted psychosocial functioning in a sample of early course schizophrenia patients. This relationship remained robust even after controlling for other clinical variables. These data suggest amotivation is core to functioning across the disease course.

Keywords: Amotivation; Functioning; Negative symptoms.