Preferred Label : Negative Symptom Assessment-16 Clinical Classification;
NCIt synonyms : NSA-16;
NCIt related terms : NSA01;
NCIt definition : A standardized rating scale developed by Axelrod et al in 1993, which is a classification
system used to assess the presence, severity, and various negative symptoms associated
with schizophrenia. This instrument contains 16 items and the characterization of
negative symptoms is based on a 5-factor model: communication, emotion/affect, social
involvement, motivation, and retardation.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Negative Symptom Assessment-16 (NSA-16) (Version 2.0, Copyright 2006, Larry
Alphs, MD, PhD, All Right Reserved).;
Origin ID : C121009;
UMLS CUI : C4054416;
Semantic type(s)
- concept_is_in_subset
