Functional outcomes concern how a person manages everyday activities, relationships, work, study and self-care. They are not identical to symptom scores. Remission may make participation easier, but cognitive difficulties, lost confidence, financial problems and limited…Continue Reading
Remission usually refers to symptoms, while recovery has broader meanings. Clinical recovery may include sustained symptom improvement and functioning. Personal recovery concerns building a meaningful life, identity and sense of agency, sometimes while symptoms remain.…Continue Reading
Symptom remission means that specified symptoms have become sufficiently mild or absent according to an agreed definition. In schizophrenia research, this may involve selected psychotic, disorganisation and negative symptoms. The term does not always mean…Continue Reading
Duration matters because a short improvement may differ from a sustained period of stability. Some remission criteria require symptoms to remain mild for a specified interval, while ordinary clinical conversation may use the term less…Continue Reading
Residual symptoms are difficulties that remain after a more severe phase has improved. They can include occasional unusual perceptions, mild suspiciousness, reduced motivation or cognitive problems. The term does not imply that these experiences are…Continue Reading