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avolition: a standalone construct

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Psychiatry

a marked reduction in starting and sustaining goal-directed activity, argued to be the core of negative symptoms.

In psychiatry, avolition refers to a marked reduction in starting and sustaining goal-directed activity, argued to be the core of negative symptoms. This meaning comes from Foussias (2008) in Schizophrenia Bulletin.[1]

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References

Foussias, G., & Remington, G. (2008). Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia: Avolition and Occam's Razor. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 36(2), 359-369. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbn094

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