Top Research Papers on Schizophrenia

Signs and symptoms of schizophrenia include false perceptions called hallucinations, and strongly held false beliefs (delusions) are also characteristic of schizophrenia.

A elderly male with chronic schizophrenia who came to the ER with the complains of self assault one day prior to admission, odd behavior, somatic delusions since 8 days, self laughter and self talking since the last 25 years is presented.

It is postulated that the peanut factor may act by enhancing thrombocyte action without affecting fibrin production, or by some effect on capillary integrity, and the authors postulate that claims for the effectiveness of other supplements, such as vitamin Bu, <Estrogens, etc., have been advanced but have not been substantiated.

This chapter discusses brain circuits and symptom dimensions in schizophrenia, as well as the neurodevelopmental hypothesis and genetics of schizophrenia, and the Convergence of susceptibility genes for schizophrenia upon glutamate synapses.

This new edition in the popular Facts series provides a concise and up-to-date account of the underlying causes and symptoms of schizophrenia, as well as current theories about the disorder.

Psychological and social interventions are a crucial element of patient care, particularly in alleviating negative symptoms, and are a leading contributor to disease burden, health and social care costs throughout the world.

The different types of schizophrenic illness may be understood in terms of the amount of reality-orientated psychic functioning remaining intact, and it is suggested that in these paranoid schizophrenias a more normal personality development has been allowed to occur.

terms. Autism-living in phantasy uncorrected by reality. Phonographism-repetitive and imitative speech. Projective tests-more or less meaningless test material evoking responses by patient projecting his own mind's contents into them. Complex thinking-thinking determined by unconscious autonomous complexes, i.e. clusters of ideas, etc., not subject to the ego's control. Vigotzky test-blocks of different shapes, colours, heights and widths that are to be grouped in consistent groups. Rorschach test-a projective test, consisting of partly coloured blots. The responses are scored according to how...

It is argued in this article that information-processing models enable us to link psychotic phenomena to their neural bases. The core abnormality is viewed as a disturbance in the integration of sensory input with stored material. The performance of schizophrenic subjects on tasks derived from both animal learning theory and human experimental psychology is consistent with the model. The way in which such a disturbance relates to schizophrenic symptoms is outlined. It may result from an abnormality at one or more points in the neural circuit responsible for generating predictions of subsequent...

It is concluded that convulsive or insulin treatment is justifiable in pregnant women because of the apparent harmlessness of convulsive seizures due to these drugs and to epilepsy.

Theoretical conceptualizations of schizophrenia have undergone significant change in the past century, and models that encompass complex gene—environment interactions and neural pathways that mediate the relation between psychosocial events and brain dysfunction are introduced.

This book is aimed at neurologists, neurosurgeons and primary care physicians, and the authors conclude "Should this book make a contribution to the care of patients with epilepsy, the authors will be most pleased".

Progress in psychiatric epidemiology has been slower than in other areas-for example, cardiovascular disease or cancer epidemiology, because of certain methodological problems that are just now being overcome.

The observed patterns of connectivity indicate that core regions of the frontal-parietal net- work involved in both working memory and selective attention play a crucial role in the filtering of information by modulating the processing of information in visual areas.

Nicola Madge were commissioned to review the literature on deprivation, and this book presents their findings. It opens with the exchange between Alice and Humpty Dumpty †̃¿ When I use a word . . . it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.' This helps to explain why cycle becomes plural and why deprivation, a word mistrusted by Rutter, becomes disadvantage. It is clear that there is no one form ofdisadvantage, and that the various types must be dealt with separately. The authors work their way through the literature on nine major areas: economic status, housing, intellec...

There is clearly a need for a deeper understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying this debilitating illness.

The overall prognosis is poor; many patients live restricted lives and there is a high rate of suicide, however, some patients return to normal functioning and the management is complex, antipsychotic drugs are effective in reducing symptoms.

SCHIZOPHRENIA was originally, and most lucidly, described as a "series of states, the common characteristic of which is a peculiar destruction of the internal connections of the psychic personality".

The evidence-based diagnosis and treatment of persons with schizophrenia should be carried out in a multiprofessional process, with close involvement of the affected persons and the people closest to them.

Signs and symptoms of schizophrenia include false perceptions called hallucinations, and strongly held false beliefs (delusions) are also characteristic of schizophrenia.