The electrical activity in the electroencephalogram (EEG) and the event-related potentials extracted from the EEG provide the greatest temporal resolution for examining brain function. When coupled with the high spatial resolution of structural magnetic resonance imaging (sMRI), the combined techniques provide a powerful tool for neuroscience in the examination of brain abnormalities in major p...

Pain is a complex sensation influenced by many psychological, relational and socialfactors. Perception and / or painful expression may be wrong in the case of certain chronic diseases such as schizophrenia. In this work we report the cases of two patients with schizophrenia who presented during their hospitalization, abnormal reactivity to pain, to better approach the sensitivity to pain during...

In a German multicenter treatment study, 354 patients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder were followed for 2 years. The data collected were taken as a basis for the present predictor study. For the first time, the technique of classification and regression tree (CART) analysis has been employed for this purpose. CART yielded informative data and appeared to be a useful instrument i...

INTRODUCTION It has been proposed that some sociodemographic variables may predict violent behavior in schizophrenic patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of violent behavior with sociodemographic and clinical features in schizophrenic patients. METHOD We included 106 schizophrenic patients. Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of each patient were recor...

The purpose of this study is to describe potential precipitants re-hospitalization and dis-engagement during the first three years diagnosing a psychotic episode, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). A retrospective cohort that included 56 patients, with episode psychosis (FEP). 55.4% sample were men, 52% single, 80% ethnicity, 50% unemployed. mean age was 29.51 old. 42% had non-affective ...

BACKGROUND A considerable social stigma is attached to many types of psychiatric disorders. However, research also shows that there are differences in the degree of social stigma attached to psychiatric disorders. There is evidence that the portrayal of schizophrenia in the media is particularly negative. AIM To compare the degree of stigma in reporting of autism and schizophrenia in the Flem...

conclusions these findings support that the careful evaluation and prospective following of the psychopathology of children of parents with bipolar disorder are critical for early identification and treatment. results there were statistically significant differences between children of parents with and those without bipolar disorder regarding attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, opposition...

CONTEXT Cannabis-induced psychosis is considered a distinct clinical entity in the existing psychiatric diagnostic systems. However, the validity of the diagnosis is uncertain. OBJECTIVES To establish rate ratios of developing cannabis-induced psychosis associated with predisposition to psychosis and other psychiatric disorders in a first-degree relative and to compare them with the correspon...

Despite the fact that antipsychotic medication increases the risk of metabolic syndrome (MetS), the rate of MetS among psychiatric patients in Indonesia is rarely reported. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of MetS among inpatients with schizophrenia in Indonesia. Eighty-six hospitalised psychiatric patients with schizophrenia were randomly recruited, and underwent physical examina...