This paper provides the results of a phenomenological study of patients with schizophrenia during their first psychiatric hospitalization. The study aims at clarify aspects related to the diagnosis of schizophrenia and to reach a greater understanding of the illness, with a view to contribute to prevention and psychotherapeutic intervention models. First, the paper offers a description of the p...

This study reports the difficulties in the treatment and follow-up of patients with epilepsy and psychotic disorder and the orientation of neurologists about lifelong chronic effect of epilepsy towards psychiatric morbidity. Six patients (2 females, 4 males) complaining of generalized epilepsy, where the disease had started in the adulthood, for more than ten years, and suffered more than ten s...

Abstract Introduction: Psychiatric disorders such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia cause vascular, neurological, and neurobiological changes. On other hand, salivary glands are influenced by changes in the autonomic nervous system. Therefore, this  hypothesis was formed that psychiatric disorders can affect salivary glands through neurological pathways. This study aimed to evaluate if sc...

OBJECTIVE Autism is a developmental disorder defined by impaired social interaction, communication, and behavior. Causes and correlates of autism are largely unknown, but elevated frequencies of psychiatric disorders and distinct personality traits have been reported among the family members of individuals with autism. Linkage of data from Swedish registries was used to investigate whether hosp...

BACKGROUND Patients with psychiatric disorders have a high rate of suicide. The present study investigated factors influencing hospital stays for Japanese patients with psychiatric disorders attempting suicide by jumping. METHODS We diagnosed all suicide attempts (n = 113) by jumping based on the International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision (ICD-10) and investigated the mean hospita...

This study reports the difficulties in the treatment and follow-up of patients with epilepsy and psychotic disorder and the orientation of neurologists about lifelong chronic effect of epilepsy towards psychiatric morbidity. Six patients (2 females, 4 males) complaining of generalized epilepsy, where the disease had started in the adulthood, for more than ten years, and suffered more than ten s...

Introduction Schizophrenia patients are at an increased risk for severe SARS-CoV-2 illness. Recent studies indicate that vaccines reduce morbidity gaps between schizophrenia and the general population; nonetheless, ongoing emergence of COVID-19 variants frequency breakthrough infections might lead to changes in these profiles. Objectives In this study we aimed bridge gap by assessing infection,...

Loneliness is a highly prevalent experience in schizophrenia. Theoretical models developed in the general population propose that loneliness is tantamount to a feeling of being unsafe, is accompanied by enhanced environmental threat perception, and leads to poor physical, emotional, and cognitive functioning. Previous research has reported that loneliness is associated with poorer physical and ...

CONTEXT Preterm birth, intrauterine growth restriction, and delivery-related hypoxia have been associated with schizophrenia. It is unclear whether these associations pertain to other adult-onset psychiatric disorders and whether these perinatal events are independent. OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationships among gestational age, nonoptimal fetal growth, Apgar score, and various psychiatr...