Characteristics of motivation and their impacts on the functional outcomes in patients with schizophrenia

Deficits of motivation have been considered to be a core feature of schizophrenia, and recent studies have begun to reveal the biological and psychological characteristics and mechanisms underlying the deficits in motivation in schizophrenia patients. The aims of the present study were to investigate the characteristics of motivation in schizophrenia patients using the General Causality Orientations Scale (GCOS), and the impacts of motivational orientations on the functional outcomes in schizophrenia patients.

Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - October 27, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Miki Tobe, Takahiro Nemoto, Naohisa Tsujino, Taiju Yamaguchi, Naoyuki Katagiri, Chiyo Fujii, Masafumi Mizuno Source Type: research