abstract：:The two indices that have been proposed for quantifying the accuracy of smooth-following eye movements are shown to be interchangeable. This algebraic fact will permit comparability of values between laboratories only if workers who employ the signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) as their index measure S and N as the total sig...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Lykken DT,Iacono WG,Lykken JD

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The article that begins below is the fifth in a series of personal accounts to be published in the Schizophrenia Bulletin. In describing his account, the author commented: "The viewpoint is solely my consciousness. The substance of every statement and the specific words in many statements actually occurred to me. Thir...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Zelt D

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schizophrenia is but one form of psychosis; therefore, it is important to control for the psychotic factor in studies of the schizophrenic syndrome. A survey was done of 478 articles in 15 major psychiatric and psychological journals to determine the frequency of controls for psychosis in schizophrenia research. The s...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Ritzler BA,Rinehart K

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The search for a treatment of tardive dyskinesia (TD) has focused largely on cholinergic and GABAergic agents that are believed to attenuate striatal imbalances and bring about symptomatic control of dyskinetic movements. While numerous reports of the partial effectiveness of acute treatment with cholinergic or GABAer...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Kucharski LT,Unterwald EM

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social networks of 35 mentally ill persons were studied in Lao villages. Mental illness was associated with a decrease in size of social networks, disproportionate reliance on family, and asymmetric instrumental exchange. Nonkin "sponsors" provided assistance to those alienated from or abandoned by relatives. For thos...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Westermeyer J,Pattison EM

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The traditional view of life events is that the crucial factor is the number which occur within a defined time period. This was examined as part of a 2-year, prospective, longitudinal study of prospective, longitudinal study of 518 people, each of whom was interviewed every 6 months with Holmes and Rahe's Recent LIfe ...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Streiner DL,Norman GR,McFarlane AH,Roy RG

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Designs of clinical trials that will permit evaluation of independent, additive, and interactive effects of drugs and psychosocial treatments are described. The central feature of such designs is that they incorporate control conditions for both classes of treatment. Data from the articles in this issue are drawn upon...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Schooler NR

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article focuses on the cross-modal reaction time paradigm, which has been used to study deviation patterns of shifting attention across stimulus modalities in schizophrenic patients. Cross-modal reaction time research involving pathological and nonpathological populations is reviewed. The influence of sex, stimul...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Mannuzza S

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of a long-term study in schizophrenia, a model of family intervention has been developed which attempts to diminish relapse rates of schizophrenic patients. This model reflects theoretical and research findings which suggest that certain patients have a "core psychological deficit" that might increase vulnerab...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Anderson CM,Hogarty GE,Reiss DJ

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand the biological significance of a decreased platelet MAO activity in schizophrenia, it is important to answer many questions about the basic molecular properties of the enzyme. The past decade has witnessed a huge expansion of research in this area which has provided some of these answers. A wide variety ...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Edwards DJ

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evidence suggesting that genetic factors are involved in the etiology of schizophrenia is reviewed. Despite methodological and other difficulties, independent lines of research--family, twin, and adoption studies--point in a common direction: Persons genetically at risk for schizophrenia are more likely to become ...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Kessler S

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research into tardive dyskinesia, an involuntary movement disorder secondary to chronic neuroleptic treatment, has so far produced conflicting results with no clear clinical applications. Heterogeneous diagnostic criteria, research designs, and rating scales, plus an emphasis on single-drug trials, are probably respon...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Nasrallah HA

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe an easily administered scale being developed to assess the rejecting feelings of family respondents toward former mental patients who return to live with their families. Based upon a sample of 133 discharged mental patients and family members, the scale demonstrates a moderately high reliability (...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Kreisman DE,Simmens SJ,Joy VD

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence for the existence of a genetic factor in the etiology of a significant proportion of the people diagnosed as having a schizophrenic disorder is reviewed. It is suggested that whatever is transmitted genetically need not be inherently pathologic and/or pathogenic. It is argued that only people who have certain...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Cancro R

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A critique is offered of Samuels' article suggesting that reported sex differences in concordance rates for schizophrenia are either methodological artifacts or a function of sociological processes. Evidence of sex differences in age of onset, clinical expression, concordance rates among primary relatives, and premorb...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Lewine RR

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to my discussion of sex differences in concordance rates for schizophrenia in twins, Lewine (1979) noted that male schizophrenics are hospitalized earlier than females. He questioned whether females had been followed through the risk period. To clarify, I calculated the age at followup of discordant twins ...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Samuels L

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The literature on schizophrenia has reported a trend toward higher concordance rates for females in both monozygotic and dizygotic same-sexed twins. The validity of this finding is open to question. Rosenthal (1961 and 1962) pointed out that females are more likely than males to become inhabitants of chronic wards. Mo...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Samuels L

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Distinguishing between brain-damaged and schizophrenic patients remains a significant clinical problem. However, substantive and methodological difficulties have led to discouragement and consequent loss of interest in this area of differential diagnosis. Several models for making this distinction were proposed: cogni...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Goldstein G

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secondary sources continue to cite a one-page preliminary note about the Michigan State Psychotherapy Project, ignoring fuller reports in print. Relevant experience and training are critical to quality control of psychotherapy in schizophrenia research. This investigation is unique in that "experienced" meant that the...

journal_title：Schizophrenia bulletin

authors： Karon BP

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00