“…Heightened SNS activity, often indexed by (EDA), is frequently found in schizophrenia patients (e.g., Dawson & Nuechterlein, 1984; Dawson et al, 1994), and is related to longer hospital stays poor symptomatic and functional outcomes (Schell et al, 2005; Tarrier & Barrowclough, 1989). It is possible that stressors induce SNS activation, which then impairs cognitive processing and causes patients to further misinterpret stimuli and to interact with the environment in ways that contribute to a return of symptoms (Dawson & Nuechterlein, 1984; Nuechterlein et al, 1992a; 1992b).…”