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Showing 1 to 20 of 64 for “"First Episode"”.
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Reactive psychosis in a first-episode psychosis population
… schizophrenia, was investigated in 217 first episode psychosis patients being treated at the Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre, in Melbourne, Australia. Reactive psychosis criteria were first operationalised using the Reactive Psychosis Rating Form (RPRF). These …
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Patterns of cannabis use in first-episode psychosis
… on psychotic outcomes in a patient cohort with first-episode psychosis.<br/>The association between cannabis use and other illicit drug use was also<br/>investigated. Readiness to change was evaluated as a predictor of cannabis use<br/>outcomes using two questionnaires.<br/>The main finding was …
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Functionally relevant basal ganglia subdivisions in first-episode schizophrenia
… resonance imaging scans were acquired from 25 first-episode schizophrenia subjects and 24 healthy subjects. Using manual and automated neuroimaging techniques, total and segmented (gray-white matter) volumes were obtained for the caudate, putamen, and globus pallidus. For the striatum (caudate …
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Career Decision-Making Processes of Individuals with First-Episode Psychosis
… an individual losing contact with reality. The first episode of psychosis (FEP) often emerges during adolescence or early adulthood, when individuals are pursuing important educational and career milestones, which can become derailed due to the development of major impairments. Knowledge of the …
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Cognitive function and social cognition in young first-episode psychosis patients
… and social cognition test performance in young first-episode psychosis patients and normal controls. Furthermore, the study will examine the amount of variance in two different social cognition tests (the Hinting Task and the Facial Emotion Identification Test (FEIT)) explained by different …
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Neuropsychological assessment for first-episode psychosis patients in low resource settings
… assessment is therefore recommended in first-episode psychosis patients. However, the literature on neuropsychological assessment for first-episode psychosis patients in low resource settings is limited, the clinical utility of such assessments are unclear, and lengthy assessments may …
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Biological Markers in First-Episode Schizophrenia /// Биологични маркери при първи шизофренен епизод
Шизофренията е психично разстройство, което се среща само при хомо сапиенс. Психотични симптоми са описвани в литературата от векове, но въвеждането на термина се реализира през 1911 г. от Ойген Блойлер в Швейцария. Нелек въпрос е дали шизофренията, както я познаваме сега, е съществувала в …
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Antipsychotic drugs for the treatment of acute schizophrenia after the first episode
… diagnosed with acute schizophrenia after first episode of psychosis. Both categorical and qualitative data was collected and analysed. The survey was opened from 26 April 2022 to 31 July 2022. Findings: Twenty one RCTs were included in the systematic review. There was better individual …
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Confabulation and false memory in young first-episode psychosis patients and normal controls
… and the creation of false memories in young first-episode psychosis patients and normal controls after controlling for cognitive functions. Participants in the clinical group (N = 28) and control group (N=32) carried out eight neuropsychological tests, watched a video excerpt and answered a …
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Social recovery following first-episode psychosis: the role of negative symptoms and motivation
… of negative symptoms and functional outcomes in first-episode psychosis. This was the aim of the current study. Method A cross-sectional, correlational study was conducted to explore relationships between negative symptoms and appraisals of self-efficacy, task value and self-schema in a clinical …
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Investigating the psychological typology of social recovery in individuals with first episode psychosis
… under debate. Assessing social functioning in first episode psychosis (FEP) presents a methodological challenge as many existing tools were developed for chronic schizophrenia and are confounded with psychotic symptoms. Aims This study explored the prevalence and typology of social disability …
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The function of attachment in first episode psychosis: a theoretical integration and clinical investigation
… adaptation to the experience of psychosis. The first section of the thesis establishes the clinical and theoretical context from which this line of enquiry arises, starting with a brief historical overview of the clinical approaches towards psychosis, including the diagnosis of schizophrenia, as …
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Duration of oral anticoagulation in first-episode idiopathic deep vein thrombosis: A Markov decision analysis.
… two years, and lifelong anticoagulation for first episode idiopathic DVT. Secondary objectives were to assess quality of life for patients on warfarin therapy for DVT and for patients with post-thrombosic syndrome. A third objective was to determine if quality of life for these two health …
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Functional Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in First-Episode Schizophrenia: Measuring Glutamate and Glutathione Dynamics at 7-Tesla
… to the study of a group of never-medicated, first-episode schizophrenia (FES) individuals to track any potential abnormal glutamate and glutathione dynamics. Contrary to previous beliefs that the shortest achievable echo-time would produce the most measurement signal, results from this study …
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Multimodal Investigation of Neurobiological Alterations in the At Risk Mental State and First Episode of Psychosis
… At Risk Mental State (ARMS), 26 patients with a First Episode of Psychosis (FEP) and 24 matched healthy controls. I initially focused on the characterisation of neuroanatomical alterations by performing a comparison between voxel-based morphometry and cortical thickness measurements. I then moved …
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Diagnostic conversion following admission for a first-episode substance induced psychosis: A four-year retrospective cohort study
… associated with, diagnostic conversion in first-episode SIPD to primary, non-substance-related mental disorders. Setting: Adult inpatients with a diagnosis of first-episode SIPD discharged between 2012 to 2014 from Valkenberg psychiatric hospital, Cape Town. Methods: We conducted a …
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Investigation into cognitive function in first episode psychosis and chronic schizophrenia patients. An investigation into cognitive deficits associated with first episode psychosis and chronic schizophrenia patients in South Asian and Caucasian populations as assessed by the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB).
… in cognitive function in both chronic and first episode patients. Recent advances in cognitive remediation therapy have provided the opportunity for patients to improve their cognitive function and therefore improve their functional outcome. Aim The aim of the present study was to …
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