Non-verbal speech cues as objective measures for negative symptoms in patients with schizophrenia

• Main Authors: Tahir, Yasir, Yang, Zixu, Chakraborty, Debsubhra, Thalmann, Nadia, Thalmann, Daniel, Maniam, Yogeswary, Tan, Bhing-Leet, Dauwels, Justin, Nur Amirah Abdul Rashid, Lee, Jimmy Chee Keong
• Other Authors: Guloksuz, Sinan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Verbal Communication; DRNTU::Science::Medicine; Speech
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105913; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48840
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Negative symptoms in schizophrenia are associated with significant burden and possess little to no robust treatments in clinical practice today. One key obstacle impeding the development of better treatment methods is the lack of an objective measure. Since negative symptoms almost always adversely...