Table 1.

SANS score changes following cariprazine treatment in a patient with treatment-resistant schizophrenia

SANS sections	Maximal score	Score on the day of cariprazine initiation	Score after 50 days of treatment with cariprazine	Change (%)
Affective flattening or blunting	40	31	14	−54.8
Alogia	25	12	2	−83.3
Avolition/apathy	20	12	4	−66.7
Anhedonia/asociality	20a	17	7	−58.8
Attention	15	13	3	−76.9
Total	120	85	30	−64.7

SANS, Scale for Assessment of Negative Symptoms.

^aAnhedonia/asociality score in the original SANS is 25, however, the patient’s sexual activity could not be assessed due to the artificial environment of the ward and his initially poor engagement in personal conversations; we have therefore, reduced the maximum score in this section.