Patients had similar values for both positive and negative symptoms in the SAPS and SANS scales. In the analysis of specific symptoms for the positive scale, we found that hallucinations were generally rated as moderate, with a frequency of at least once a week. Most hallucinations were experienced as voices commenting and talking, although there were some cases of patients with visual and kinesthetic hallucinations. Delusions were rated as marked, which are consistently and strongly supported by interfering behavior. Behavioral alterations included mild, occasionally observed unusual behaviors.
Formal thought disorder was rated as moderate, with derailment, tangential, incoherent and circumstantial speech and distractibility frequently observed in patients.
Regarding negative symptoms, affective poverty was generally moderate, with reduced facial expressions, spontaneous movements and expressive gestures, poor eye contact and incongruent affective responses. A logia was rated as mild, with poverty of speech and occasional crashes, and increased response latency. The symptoms of lethargy and apathy were markedly noticeable in the patient group, with a recurring problem in toilet and hygiene, persistence in physical activities and energy. Anhedonia and antisocial behavior were both equally valued as high. Attention problems were rated as moderate. A summary of these results is shown in Table 1.