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Aug 2026
Reconceptualizing Schizophrenia through a Patient-Oriented Perspective: a Systematic Review and Qualitative Meta-Synthesis
Abstract Background and Hypothesis Schizophrenia spectrum disorders are typically described using positive and negative symptoms, yet standard diagnostic systems may not reflect the full range of how individuals experience the disorder. We hypothesized that synthesizing first-person accounts would yield a broader, clin...
S. F. Aprile, Alessandro Rodolico, Djordje Basic et al.
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