Contemporary problems of diagnostics and therapy of negative symptoms and outcomes in schizophrenia (review of the materials of the XXIst EPA congress)

This publication provides an overview of the materials of the XXI st EPA Congress (April 6-9, 2013, Nice, France). A brief report is given on plenary lectures, symposia and poster presentations related to various aspects of prognosis, assessment and treatment of negative and cognitive symptoms as well as psychosocial impairment, social adaptation and stigmatization of patients with schizophrenia.