Abstract In the treatment of persons with schizophrenia goal has gradually shifted from reduction symptoms and prevention relapse to recovery. However, this is achieved for a minority schizophrenia, while most them disorder still major cause disability, poor quality life premature death, presents considerable social economic costs. Studies aimed at identifying variables significant impact on ou...

objective(s):the hippocampus has been implicated in pathophysiology of schizophrenia. prenatal stress is a contributing risk factor for a wide variety of neuropsychiatric diseases including schizophrenia. this study examined long-term effects of prenatal restraint stress on the stereological parameters in the cornu ammonis (ca) of adult male rats as an animal model of schizophrenia. materials a...

objective: the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (mthfr) gene polymorphism c677t is suspected to be a risk factor for psychiatric disorders, but it remains inconclusive whether the mthfr polymorphism c677t is imputed to vulnerability to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. method: we prompted impetus to appraise this polymorphism in an iranian population. therefore, 90 patients with bipolar di...

Introduction: Schizophrenia is one of the mental disorders classified as highly incapacitating, promoting a greater exclusion this individual from his tasks performed, and social life. The definition diagnosis, although necessary, causes changes not only for individual, but also affects family. Objective: This article aims to investigate occurrence overload in family caregivers individuals diag...

patients with schizophrenia reportedly have a high prevalence of obesity. one of the reasons is a poor choice of diet. the goal of this study was to clarify characteristics of the dietary intake across the strata of the body mass index (bmi) and to compare the general population and patients with schizophrenia in japan.this is a cross-sectional study of 51 patients with schizophrenia residing i...

ôbjective: ït has been shown that serum and red blood cells’ level of ômega-3 fatty acids are low in people with schizophrenia. many studies have, therefore, attempted to explore the beneficial effects of these substances in the management of schizophrenia. however, the outcomes of the previous studies have not been clear cut. the present study is an attempt to retest this hypothesis by elimina...

Abstract Background Emotional intelligence is usually a construct measured in healthy children, now it may be used for relatives of schizophrenia, and considered as trait marker schizophrenia. Offspring parents with schizophrenia are children high familial risk major mental disorder. The aim the study to assess emotional group off springs parent compare them control subjects, find possible rela...

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) in schizophrenia patients and reveal importance toxoplasmosis as a risk factor these patients. Method: conducted on 190 diagnosed with schizophrenia. Also included control group were 100 healthy individuals without Anti-T. immunoglobulin G (IgG) IgM antibody levels determined via enzyme-linked imm...

abstract aim and background: applying evidence-based treatment guidelines to improve the quality of care for patients with schizophrenia has been increased worldwide. in this study, we evaluated the adherence of clinicians to the guideline for patients with schizophrenia who were admitted to a university hospital in their first episode of disease. methods and materials: in a descriptive study, ...