background: with regard to the high prevalence of schizophrenia, research on brain structural changes in this disease has been one of the interesting issues among the medical scientists. in this research, brain mri findings of schizophrenic patients have been compared with non-schizophrenic ones. methods: this study was an analytic-comparative one in which two groups of schizophrenic and non-sc...

the aim of this study was to examine reality testing in schizophrenic children and compare it with normal children using minus responses subcomponent in ego impairment index of the rorschach test.in a descriptive design, 20 accidentally sampled children, including 10 schizophrenic and 10 normal children, were recruited in to two groups and were compared in terms of reality testing subcomponent ...

introduction: there has been an increasing interest in studies dealing with the relationship between mental disorders and color preference. this study was tailored to evaluate color preference or rejection in schizophrenic and normal subjects. materials and method: color preference and rejection of 58 patients with dsm-iv diagnosis of schizophrenia were compared with those of 52 normal subjects...

In a study designed to explain conflicting reports of hypermagnesaemia in schizophrenia, significantly higher concentrations of plasma-magnesium were found in phenothiazine-treated schizophrenic women than in normal women of the same age. This did not apply to men. Magnesium levels were inversely related to motor activity in untreated chronic schizophrenic men in hospital as well as in patients...

Previous research indicates that certain parameters of electrodermal functioning are related to schizophrenia and risk for schizophrenia. This study investigated childhood environmental factors in two subgroups of high-risk males (offspring of schizophrenic mothers): those who showed patterns of electrodermal lability in childhood and later became schizophrenic, and a matched subgroup who showe...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to determine red blood cell (RBC) and serum folate and vitamin B12 levels as well as their intake in schizophrenic patients. METHODS The folate and cobalamin status of 60 schizophrenic patients (15-55 years) was compared to 60 matched healthy controls using Radio Isotope Dilution Assay (RIDA). RESULTS Serum and RBC folate in schizophrenic patients was significant...