abstract：:We conducted a survey of 151 outpatients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder in Geneva, Switzerland, in 2000, and a mail survey in a representative sample of the general population of Geneva in 1996 (n = 742), to compare alcohol consumption and alcoholism in these two samples. Fewer patients with schizophre...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Etter M,Etter JF

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since publication of the original Schizophrenia Patient Outcomes Research Team (PORT) treatment recommendations in 1998, considerable scientific advances have occurred in our knowledge about how to help persons with schizophrenia. Today an even stronger body of research supports the scientific basis of treatment. This...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Lehman AF,Kreyenbuhl J,Buchanan RW,Dickerson FB,Dixon LB,Goldberg R,Green-Paden LD,Tenhula WN,Boerescu D,Tek C,Sandson N,Steinwachs DM

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared the performance of 39 biological relatives of persons with schizophrenia to that of 30 normal adult controls on graphesthesia processing, a complex somatosensory processing task. The relatives performed significantly worse on the graphesthesia task compared to the healthy controls. The relatives an...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Chang BP,Lenzenweger MF

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared smoking behavior and motivation to quit smoking, assessed with a "stages of change" questionnaire, in outpatients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder and in a representative sample of the general population. We conducted a mail survey in a representative sample of the general population ...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Etter M,Mohr S,Garin C,Etter JF

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is emerging evidence in schizophrenia of membrane abnormalities, primarily reductions in the essential omega-3 and omega-6 series of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA). Because previous studies have largely been in chronic patients, it is not known whether these membrane abnormalities also occur early in illness...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Reddy RD,Keshavan MS,Yao JK

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article focuses on the schizophrenic disorganization syndrome, which was initially described by Bleuler (who used the term "dissociation") as lying at the heart of schizophrenia. While adopting a neo-Bleulerian approach, we describe schizophrenic disorganization using a pathogenetic hypothesis and a three-part st...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Hardy-Baylé MC,Sarfati Y,Passerieux C

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The European Psychiatric Services: Inputs Linked to Outcomes and Needs (EPSILON) study was a EU BIOMED-2-funded comparative, cross-national, cross-sectional study aimed (1) to produce standardized versions of five key research instruments in five languages, and (2) to compare the characteristics, needs, and life quali...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： van Wijngaarden B,Schene A,Koeter M,Becker T,Knapp M,Knudsen HC,Tansella M,Thornicroft G,Vázquez-Barquero JL,Lasalvia A,Leese M,EPSILON Study Group.

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in treatment technologies and development of evidence-based standards of care demand better methods for routine assessment of outcomes for schizophrenia in systems of care. This article describes the development and psychometrics of a new instrument to assess outcomes of routine care for persons with schizoph...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Lehman AF,Fischer EP,Postrado L,Delahanty J,Johnstone BM,Russo PA,Crown WH

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Empirically supported treatments for schizophrenia now include a variety of psychosocial interventions, such as social skills training, vocational rehabilitation, and psychotherapy. As awareness of the functional importance of neurocognitive impairments in schizophrenia has increased, interest in treatments to improve...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Twamley EW,Jeste DV,Bellack AS

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an increasing emphasis on identifying individuals with schizophrenia earlier and earlier in their disease process, with the assumption that earlier identification translates into earlier treatment, which translates into improved outcome. Unfortunately, one age cohort, children under 13 years of age, have been...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Ross RG,Schaeffer J,Compagnon N,Heinlein S,Beresford C,Farley G

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with schizophrenia are severely impaired in crucial aspects of neurocognitive function. This impairment is the strongest clinical correlate of poor long-term outcome and adaptive dysfunction. Reports of neurocognitive enhancement with second generation antipsychotic medications have thus offered promise for i...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Keefe RS,Mohs RC,Bilder RM,Harvey PD,Green MF,Meltzer HY,Gold JM,Sano M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a sample of 75 women recruited from the community, we measured trauma/maltreatment history and symptoms of schizotypal personality disorder, using both questionnaire and interview measures. As hypothesized, individuals with histories of trauma/maltreatment had elevated levels of schizotypal symptoms. Among types of...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Berenbaum H,Valera EM,Kerns JG

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was (1) to identify the demographic and psychosocial characteristics of Korean-Americans with schizophrenia, and (2) to compare the demographic and psychosocial characteristics of Korean-Americans with schizophrenia to African-American, Latino, and Euro-American individuals with schizophrenia...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Bae SW,Brekke JS

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined neurocognitive correlates of three dimensions of schizotypy in 63 healthy first degree relatives of schizophrenia patients. Neurocognitive measures of attention, verbal memory, and prefrontal functioning were combined with self-report and interview measures of schizotypy. State-psychopathology (anxiety and...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Vollema MG,Postma B

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While previous studies have found an increased incidence of schizophrenia in some immigrant groups, differences in age of onset in these groups has not been examined. The purpose of this study was to compare age of first hospitalization of (1) native-born people versus immigrants, (2) immigrants from different countri...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Rabinowitz J,Fennig S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article examines the factors that influence antipsychotic use among youth treated in public inpatient facilities. By combining data from 11 focus groups, a survey of 43 researchers and clinicians, and a chart review of 100 closed patient charts, we investigated the interplay between physicians' and staff members'...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Pappadopulos E,Jensen PS,Schur SB,MacIntyre JC 2nd,Ketner S,Van Orden K,Sverd J,Sardana S,Woodlock D,Schweitzer R,Rube D

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most research literature concerning pharmacological treatments reports results from controlled clinical trials, which provide data critical to assess the efficacy of new treatments in research populations. Fewer studies examine how treatments are adopted in everyday practice settings, where comorbid disorders and envi...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Weissman EM

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study quantitatively examined reasons for substance use among individuals with psychotic disorders and explored the relationship of these reasons to substance use problems and dependence. Sixty-nine people with psychotic disorders were interviewed using a battery of questionnaires called the Substance Use Scale f...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Spencer C,Castle D,Michie PT

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of gender in schizophrenia is explored, and literature on gender and schizophrenia is critically reviewed. The importance of investigating gender differences in schizophrenia is underscored by the lack of sufficient research in this area to date and the comparative neglect of sociocultural issues during the "...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Nasser EH,Walders N,Jenkins JH

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the construct validity and the test-retest reliability of the willingness to pay (WTP) method for estimating health state preferences associated with side effects of antipsychotic medication. Ninety-six schizophrenia patients on antipsychotics were asked (1) how much they w...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Sevy S,Nathanson K,Schechter C,Fulop G

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Instrument-based scores are often used as outcome measures. However, little is known about what changes in scores mean in terms of a clinical assessment of improvement or deterioration. The purpose of this report was to determine how much change in standard instrument scores represents a clinically detectable improvem...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Cramer J,Rosenheck R,Xu W,Henderson W,Thomas J,Charney D,Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study Group on Clozapine in Refractory Schizophrenia.

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gender effects have been reported quite consistently in schizophrenia, with male patients having an earlier age of onset, poorer functional outcome, greater negative symptoms and cognitive impairment, and less severe positive symptoms. Because age of onset, cognitive impairments, and negative symptoms are all correlat...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Moriarty PJ,Lieber D,Bennett A,White L,Parrella M,Harvey PD,Davis KL

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to evaluate the latent structure of DSM-IV schizotypal personality disorder (SPD) diagnostic criteria. The sample consisted of 564 consecutively admitted inpatients and outpatients. Exploratory latent class analysis identified a four-class model as the best fitting model for DSM-IV SPD criteri...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Fossati A,Maffei C,Battaglia M,Bagnato M,Donati D,Donini M,Fiorilli M,Novella L

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the leading theories of the neuropathology of schizophrenia is that it is a developmental disorder of "neural connectivity." To assess this theory, it is first necessary to understand how precise neural connections normally are established. Sensory-driven neural activity has been widely recognized as crucial fo...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Penn AA

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The circadian rest-activity cycle of schizophrenia patients stabilized for more than a year on monotherapy with a "classical" neuroleptic (haloperidol, flupentixol) or with the atypical neuroleptic clozapine was documented by continuous activity monitoring for 3-7 weeks. In this pilot study, the three patients treated...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Wirz-Justice A,Haug HJ,Cajochen C

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the relation between maternal prepregnant body mass index (BMI) and development of schizophrenia and schizophrenia spectrum disorders in adult offspring from the Prenatal Determinants of Schizophrenia Study. The study drew on a previously studied cohort of births occurring between 1959 and 1967 to ...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Schaefer CA,Brown AS,Wyatt RJ,Kline J,Begg MD,Bresnahan MA,Susser ES

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Seventh International Congress on Schizophrenia Research was held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in April 1999. This was the largest Congress meeting to date, with almost 1,000 presentations that covered all aspects of schizophrenia research. This article provides an account of the Congress proceedings. Several research...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Buckley PF,Buchanan RW,Tamminga CA,Schulz SC

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cognitive-behavioral therapy for psychosis is described. It draws on the cognitive models and therapy approach of Beck and colleagues, combined with an application of stress-vulnerability models of schizophrenia and cognitive models of psychotic symptoms. There is encouraging evidence for the efficacy of this approach...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Garety PA,Fowler D,Kuipers E

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence and demographic and clinical correlates of lifetime substance use disorders were examined in a cohort of 325 recently hospitalized psychiatric patients (53% schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder). Alcohol use was the most common type of substance use disorder, followed by cannabis and cocaine use. U...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Mueser KT,Yarnold PR,Rosenberg SD,Swett C Jr,Miles KM,Hill D

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the content of subscales within a multidimensional scale of self-reported schizotypy and their subsequent interrelationship by means of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Neither single-factor nor four-factor models provided good fits to the data; two-factor and three-factor models showed very goo...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Venables PH,Rector NA

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the study was to examine (1) to which negative symptoms schizophrenia patients attribute distress and (2) whether clinical variables can predict the levels of reported distress. With the help of a research assistant, 86 hospitalized patients completed a self-rating scale for negative symptoms. The 21 it...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Selten JP,Wiersma D,van den Bosch RJ

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied schizophrenia spectrum disorders in Chernobyl accident survivors by analyzing Chernobyl exclusion zone (EZ) archives (1986-1997) and by conducting a psychophysiological examination of 100 patients with acute radiation sickness (ARS) and 100 workers of the Chernobyl EZ who had worked as "liquidators-voluntee...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Loganovsky KN,Loganovskaja TK

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This research studied hypotheses that positive thought disorder in schizophrenia is influenced by patients' not taking in immediate target contextual material, thereby losing vital cues that guide thought processes. We assessed 164 acute inpatients (including 55 schizophrenia and 31 bipolar disorder patients), using s...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Harrow M,Green KE,Sands JR,Jobe TH,Goldberg JF,Kaplan KJ,Martin EM

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research on the effectiveness of short-term education programs in changing societal attitudes about mental illness has been mixed. Education efforts seem to be mediated by characteristics of the program participants. This study determines whether the effects of a specially prepared, semester-long course on severe ment...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Holmes EP,Corrigan PW,Williams P,Canar J,Kubiak MA

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical descriptions of perceptual and attentional anomalies in schizophrenia emphasize phenomena such as flooding, or inundation, by sensory stimuli. A failure of sensory "gating" mechanisms in the brain is hypothesized to account for these symptoms, and this hypothesis has led to a marked interest in their putative...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Bunney WE Jr,Hetrick WP,Bunney BG,Patterson JV,Jin Y,Potkin SG,Sandman CA

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite NIMH efforts to facilitate the study of women and minorities in federally funded schizophrenia research, there is a significant lack of information about race differences in brain morphology and neuropsychological function in schizophrenia. A review of three major psychiatric journals between 1994 and 1996 rev...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Lewine RR,Caudle J

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional study examined the relationships between neurocognitive and social functioning in a sample of 80 outpatients with DSM-III-R schizophrenia. The neurocognitive battery included measures of verbal ability, verbal memory, visual memory, executive functioning, visual-spatial organization, vigilance, an...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Addington J,Addington D

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing awareness of the importance of neurocognitive impairments in schizophrenia has fostered considerable interest in the prospects for cognitive rehabilitation. Nevertheless, optimism has outpaced progress. We first review recent literature on the central assumptions that underlie cognitive rehabilitation, incl...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Bellack AS,Gold JM,Buchanan RW

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A workshop on "Antipsychotics: Past and Future" was convened by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Division of Services and Intervention Research (DSIR), on July 14, 1998, to review the results of recent antipsychotic drug research, discuss current standards of treatment, and identify areas needing furthe...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Dawkins K,Lieberman JA,Lebowitz BD,Hsiao JK

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cognitive Enhancement Therapy (CET) is a developmental approach to the rehabilitation of schizophrenia patients that attempts to facilitate an abstracting and "gistful" social cognition as a compensatory alternative to the more demanding and controlled cognitive strategies that often characterize schizophrenia as well...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Hogarty GE,Flesher S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00