A comparison of the severity of psychopathological symptoms of schizophrenia between men and women in a twelve-year follow-up study

Background/Objectives: Many studies on the course of schizophrenia point to the difference in the severity of negative, positive and affective symptoms between male and female samples, most often indicating a greater severity of negative symptoms in men and of affective symptoms in women. This paper attempts to track differences in the course of positive, negative, depressive and general syndromes in male and female subgroups in a 12-year follow-up study. Methods: 80 patients were assessed during their first hospitalisation. The basis for including a person for the study was the diagnosis of schizophrenia in acc…