This risk has implications for public health. We aimed to test this in a large New Zealand database. Methods: Participants in this study were New Zealanders aged 65 years or older who had an interRAI assessment completed during the study period (July 2013鈥揓une 2020). This cohort study ...
In adults, it is sometimes difficult to discriminate between pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) and schizophrenia (SCH) when positive symptoms are not outstanding. We examined whether the Japanese version of the National Adult Reading Test (JART), is a valid scale for evaluating pre-morbid ...
The previous 10 years of research comparing neuropsychological test performances of adults diagnosed as schizophrenic with adults diagnosed as brain damaged is reviewed. Current concepts and criteria for classifying and sub-classifying p... J Malec - 《Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease》 被引量: ...
Much of the impairment in cognitive functioning that is evident in adults with schizophrenia is thus established before the first expression of symptoms [40] or contact with mental health services. This raises the possibility that even in patients in whom cognitive deficits are not clinically obvious...
Because much of what is known about LP in this population has been demonstrated using the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, the present study sought to extend this work by administering the Rey Osterrieth Complex Figure Test (ROCFT) in an LP format. 81 adults with schizophrenia or schizoaffective...
Background: Psychotic symptoms arising de novo among older adults are not uncommon. Their distinctive features and phenomenology are of increasing clinical... AM Eissa,MA Rabie,AA El-Misssiry,... - 《Middle East Current Psychiatry》 被引量: 7发表: 2013年 加载更多来源...
An alpha value of 0.05 was considered significant. Bonferroni correction for multiple testing was applied for the predictors in the regression models and for Chi-square tests and ANOVA in the cluster comparisons. Corresponding alpha values are indicated in each case. Complete test statistics are displ...
Sociodemographic, environmental characteristics and comorbidities of older adults with schizophrenia who access community health service support: A nationa... found here suggests some subtle differences in the demographic profile and distribution of medical comorbidities in the older population with schizophrenia...
A substantial and diverse body of literature suggests that the pathophysiology of schizophrenia is related to deficits of bioenergetic function. While antipsychotics are an effective therapy for the management of positive psychotic symptoms, they are not efficacious for the complete schizophrenia symptom pro...
Research on adults who meet a diagnosis of schizophrenia indicates that a decline in cognitive skills and a decrease in standardized intelligence test score (IQ) are present prior to the onset of symptoms. Employing a neurodevelopmental model of schizophrenia, the purpose of this research was to ...