Understanding the prevalence of “negative symptoms” of psychosis and the treatment options offered to service users (SUs) under the care of Southwark Assertive Outreach and Rehabilitation Teams (AORT).

This clinical project aims to understand negative symptom prevalence, treatment, and demographic associations for service users (SUs) with a schizophrenia spectrum diagnosis open to the Assertive Outreach and Rehabilitation Teams (AORT) in Southwark. This clinical project aims to understand negative symptom prevalence, treatment, and demographic associations for service users (SUs) with a schizophrenia spectrum diagnosis open to the Assertive Outreach and Rehabilitation Teams (AORT) in Southwark. Negative symptoms can refer to a range of experiences, but key features include withdrawal, self-isolation and lack of enjoyment.