The phrase "assessment of negative" is not correct and lacks clarity in written English.
It may be used in contexts discussing evaluations or analyses of negative aspects, but it requires additional context for proper understanding.
Example: "The assessment of negative impacts on the environment was crucial for the project's approval."
Alternatives: "evaluation of negative" or "analysis of negative".
Psychopathology was assessed by the Scale for the Assessment of Negative (SANS) and positive (SAPS) Symptoms [21], [22] carried out by an experienced senior psychiatrist (EC).
Negative symptoms were assessed using the Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS).
Clinical variables of patients were assessed by the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF), Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS), Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS), Drug-Induced Extra-Pyramidal Symptoms Scale (DIEPSS), and five cognitive performance tests (Word Fluency Test, Stroop Test, Trail Making Test, Wisconsin Card Sorting Test and Digit Span Distractibility Test).
The Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS; Andreasen, 1989) was used to assess negative symptoms.
The Scale for Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS).
Obtaining corroborative history from a family member may substantially improve the validity of the assessment of negative symptoms.
Improvement in recognition and routine assessment of negative symptoms is instrumental for correct management of secondary negative symptoms that are amenable to treatment.
Schizophrenia patients completed the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS), Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS) and Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms (SAPS).
The Brief Negative Symptom Scale (BNSS) was designed to address the main limitations of the existing scales for the assessment of negative symptoms in schizophrenia.
Blind raters performed all clinical symptom ratings with PANSS (Kay et al, 1992), Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS; Andreasen, 1983), Simpson Angus Scale (SAS; Simpson and Angus, 1979), and CGI (Guy, 1976) at inclusion (week 0) and after 1, 4, and 8 weeks.
Patients from both groups were equally apathetic, but those with DSS had more severe anhedonia, blunted affect, and alogia, as measured by the Scale for Assessment of Negative Symptoms.
