The Schedule for the Deficit syndrome: an instrument for research in schizophrenia

Psychiatry Res. 1989 Nov;30(2):119-23. doi: 10.1016/0165-1781(89)90153-4.

Abstract

The Schedule for the Deficit Syndrome (SDS) is an instrument for categorizing schizophrenic patients into those with and those without the deficit syndrome. In a study of 40 schizophrenic patients diagnosed by DSM-III criteria, raters using the SDS demonstrated good interrater reliability for this categorization, as well as for individual negative symptoms and a rating of global severity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Affective Symptoms / psychology
  • Arousal
  • Attention
  • Humans
  • Motivation
  • Psychiatric Status Rating Scales*
  • Schizophrenia / diagnosis*
  • Schizophrenic Language
  • Schizophrenic Psychology*
  • Social Adjustment
  • Verbal Behavior