The outcome testing session
took place exactly 4 weeks after the baseline testing session.
The CANTAB PAL is an episodic memory task comprised of
one-pattern, two-patterns, three-patterns, six-patterns and
eight-patterns stages. The GAF was used to numerically rate
participants’ social, occupational and psychological function.
The BPRS results in a sum score, and we additionally calculated
a negative symptom score by averaging the BPRS subscales
Emotional Withdrawal, Motor Retardation and Blunted Affect
[109]. Statistical analyses were done using SPSS 20