Emotional Awareness and Delusions in Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder

Emotion plays a significant role in schizophrenia. Emotional awareness (i.e., attention to and clarity of emotions) is associated with a wide range of outcomes. Given that individuals with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder differ in the significance of their mood symptoms, the present research examined whether the association between emotional awareness and delusions differs for these two groups of patients.
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Source Type: research