Psychosis

Pimavanserin in the Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease Psychosis: Meta-analysis and Meta-regression of Randomized Clinical Trials
by Zeeshan Mansuri, MD, MPH; Abhishek Reddy, MD; Ramu Vadukapuram, MD; Chintan Trivedi, MD, MPH; and Amy Amara, MD, PhD Dr. Mansuri is with the Department of Psychiatry, Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Reddy is with the Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine in Roanoke, Virginia. Dr. Vadukapuram is with […]

Capturing Clinical Symptoms with Ecological Momentary Assessment: Convergence of Momentary Reports of Psychotic and Mood Symptoms with Diagnoses and Standard Clinical Assessments
by Philip D. Harvey, PhD; Michelle L. Miller, MS; Raeanne C. Moore, PhD; Colin A. Depp, PhD; Emma M. Parrish, BS; and Amy E. Pinkham, PhD Dr. Harvey is with the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami, Florida, and Research Service at Bruce W. Carter VA Medical Center in Miami, Florida. Ms. […]

The 30th Anniversary of PANSS Special Edition
Dear Colleagues: Thirty years ago, the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) was developed and published by Stanley Kay, Abraham Fiszbein, and Lewis Opler to identify the presence and severity of psychopathology symptoms in patients with psychotic disorders, with the objective of measuring patient characteristics and evaluating change over time using 30 symptoms rated on […]

Using the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) to Define Different Domains of Negative Symptoms: Prediction of Everyday Functioning by Impairments in Emotional Expression and Emotional Experience
by Philip D. Harvey, PhD; Anzalee Khan, PhD; and Richard S. E. Keefe, PhD Dr. Harvey is Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at University of Miami School of Medicine in Miami, Florida. Dr. Khan is Senior Biostatistician at NeuroCog Trials and holds an appointment in the Psychopharmacology Research Program at the Nathan S. Kline […]

Insight and Treatment Outcomes in Schizophrenia: Post-hoc Analysis of a Long-term, Double-blind Study Comparing Lurasidone and Quetiapine XR
by Philip D. Harvey, PhD; Cynthia O. Siu, PhD; and Antony D. Loebel, MD Dr. Harvey is with the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami, Florida, and the Research Service of the Bruce W. Carter VA Medical Center in Miami, Florida. Dr. Siu is with COS and Associates Ltd. in Central District, […]

Disparity between General Symptom Relief and Remission Criteria in the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS): A Post-treatment Bifactor Item Response Theory Model
by Ariana E. Anderson, PhD; Steven P. Reise, PhD; Stephen R. Marder, MD; Maxwell Mansolf, MS; Carol Han, BS; and Robert M. Bilder, PhD Dr. Anderson is with the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and the Department of Statistics, Dr. Reise is with the Department of Psychology, Dr. Marder is with the Department of […]

Understanding Antipsychotic Drug Treatment Effects: A Novel Method to Reduce Pseudospecificity of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) Factors
by Seth C. Hopkins, PhD; Ajay Ogirala, PhD, Antony Loebel, MD; and Kenneth S. Koblan, PhD Drs. Hopkins, Ogirala, Loebel, and Koblan are with Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc, Marlborough, Massachusetts. Funding: Funding was provided by Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. Disclosures: The authors are employees of Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. Abtract: The Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) is the […]
Bridging the Measurement Gap Between Research and Clinical Care in Schizophrenia: Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale-6 (PANSS-6) and Other Assessments Based on the Simplified Negative and Positive Symptoms Interview (SNAPSI)
by Søren D. Østergaard, MD, PhD; Mark G. A. Opler, PhD, MPh; and Christoph U. Correll, MD Dr. Østergaard is Associate Professor at Aarhus University in Denmark. Dr. Opler is Adjunct Assistant Professor at NYU School of Medicine and Chief Research Officer at MedAvante-ProPhase, Inc. Dr. Correll is Medical Director of the Recognition and Prevention program […]
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