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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"Schizophrenia-spectrum"”.
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Disturbances of multisensory processing in schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a behavioural and neurophysiological account
… markers of self-disturbances in schizophrenia and in high schizotypy (i.e. a sub-clinical trait linked to schizophrenia). Specifically, we aimed at (i) investigating the temporal acuity in individuals with low and high schizotypy (ii) measuring aspects of the neural responses to …
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Getting a grip on Schizotypy: Elucidating dorsal stream deficits in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
Schizophrenia Spectrum disorders (SDD) are associated with disproportionate dorsal visual stream dysfunction, relative to ventral visual stream function. However, there remains a gap in our understanding of the neuropsychology and functional implications of this deficit. Notably, the balance of …
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Getting a grip on Schizotypy: Elucidating dorsal stream deficits in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
Schizophrenia Spectrum disorders (SDD) are associated with disproportionate dorsal visual stream dysfunction, relative to ventral visual stream function. However, there remains a gap in our understanding of the neuropsychology and functional implications of this deficit. Notably, the balance of …
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Patterns of Change in Semantic Clustering in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders: What Can it Tell Us about the Nature of Clustering Deficits
… been found to be deficient in individuals with Schizophrenia, but less attention has been paid to the dynamic use of this strategy over the course of fixed-order learning trials. In the current study, we examined this pattern of clustering use over trials in a sample of individuals with …
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The Prevalence Of Metabolic Disorders And Their Associated Risk Factors In Forensic Patients With Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders On Clozapine Compared To Haloperidol At Valkenberg Hospital
… of metabolic disorders in forensic patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders who are on clozapine (study group) compared to patients on haloperidol (control group). Methods: It is a retrospective, folder review of forensic male adult patients at Valkenberg Hospital, Observatory Cape Town. …
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Parsing Hedonic Capacity in Schizotypy: A Multi-Method Assessment of Consummatory and Anticipatory Pleasure
… with elevated schizotypy. Anhedonia deficits in schizophrenia have been well-documented in studies utilizing self-report and clinician interviews; however, research has also shown that when presented with emotionally evocative stimuli, individuals with schizophrenia respond in a normative manner. …
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Psichikos sutrikimų tyrimas ir jų gydymo įvertinimas klausos sukelto potencialo P300 metodu /
… stimulus. Total number of 85 patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders and mood disorders were studied. Results of this work showed that the parameters of P300 potential are sensitive indicators of abnormalities of information processing in auditory system in the case of schizophrenia …
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Association of positive, negative, and disorganized schizotypy dimensions with affective symptoms and experiences
… the etiology, development, and expression of schizophrenia-spectrum psychopathology, as well as the comorbid expression of mood and anxiety disorders across the schizophrenia spectrum. The present study examined the associations of positive, negative, and disorganized schizotypy with affective …
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The use of Electroconvulsive Therapy in the treatment of psychiatric conditions at Valkenberg Psychiatric Hospital in Cape Town. A retrospective audit
… were male. Most patients (63.6%) were on the Schizophrenia spectrum. The main indication for ECT was catatonia (n = 12; 55%), followed by bipolar depression (n = 4; 18%). The least common indications for ECT were bipolar mania and schizophrenia (n = 1; 4%). Patients had an average of 9 ECT …
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Teaching Mindfulness to Individuals with Schizophrenia
… training interventions for individuals with Schizophrenia disorders have been limited. These have targeted psychosis only or addressed anxiety co-occurring with schizophrenia; there has not been a mindfulness intervention tailored to particular treatable experience(s) of schizophrenia …
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Teaching Mindfulness to Individuals with Schizophrenia
… training interventions for individuals with Schizophrenia disorders have been limited. These have targeted psychosis only or addressed anxiety co-occurring with schizophrenia; there has not been a mindfulness intervention tailored to particular treatable experience(s) of schizophrenia …
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The Behavioral Signature of Permags: Examining the Behavioral Characteristics of Psychometrically Identified Putative Schizotypes
… that those putatively at-risk for developing schizophrenia spectrum disorders are different from controls on behavioral observations. Extending recent research (Collins, 2002) and determining its replicability in individuals with perceptual aberrations and magical ideation (PerMags), the …
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Associations Between Neuromotor and Neurocognitive Functioning in Adults with Schizotypal Personality Disorder
… similar to individuals with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. Furthermore, recent research suggests a link between neuromotor and cognitive functioning in schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSDs) (Neumann & Walker, 2003). The current study is an extension of research on non-drug-induced …
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Association of positive, negative, and disorganized schizotypy with the temporal dynamics of schizotypic experiences in daily life
… the etiology, development and expression of schizophrenia-spectrum psychopathology. Studies have shown that positive, negative, and disorganized schizotypy dimensions are differentiated by mean levels of psychotic-like, negative, and disorganized schizotypic experiences in daily life, and by …
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The role of emotion regulation and alexithymia in the relationship between sleep and social functioning
… alexithymia, namely borderline personality and schizophrenia-spectrum disorders.</p>
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Introspective accuracy for social cognition across the psychosis spectrum: Influence of sleep disturbance
<p>People with schizophrenia-spectrum and bipolar disorders can have impairments in introspective accuracy (IA; ability to accurately estimate one’s own abilities). Research suggests that positive, negative, and depressive symptoms may be related to IA, but findings are mixed. Examining sleep …
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The Neural Correlates of Allocentric Spatial Memory in Schizotypy
… spatial memory is reported to be impaired in schizophrenia and this is thought to be related to alterations in hippocampal function and structure. Previous literature suggests individuals with schizotypal personality traits have a similar cognitive and neural profile to schizophrenia spectrum …
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Learning potential in persons with serious mental illness: investigating intra-individual differences in the learning process
… total of 192 participants with an SMI diagnosis (schizophrenia spectrum, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder) completed a battery of neurocognitive and psychiatric measures. Participants also completed a testtrain- test intervention using the Wisconsin Card Sorting test. Participants …
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