Using Functional Analysis as a Framework to Guide Individualized Treatment for Negative Symptoms.

ABSTRACT: Although numerous interventions are available for negative symptoms, outcomes have been unsatisfactory with pharmacological and psychological interventions producing changes of only limited clinical significance. Here, we argue that because negative symptoms occur as a complex syndrome caused and maintained by numerous factors that vary between individuals they are unlikely to be treated effectively by the present "one size fits all" approaches. Instead, a well-founded selection of those interventions relevant to each individual is needed to optimize both the efficiency and the efficacy of existing approaches. The concept of functional analysis (FA) can be used to structure existing knowledge so that it can guide individualized treatment planning. FA is based on stimulus-response learning

SUBMITTER: Lincoln TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5723417 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature