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Barnes, Arnold – Social Work, 2008
Overdiagnosis or misdiagnosis of schizophrenia among African American clients is a longstanding and critical disparity in mental health services. Overdiagnosis of schizophrenia is detrimental because it increases the potential for treatment with the wrong medications. Inadequate assessment of mood disorders, co-occurring substance abuse, and…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics, Health Services, Substance Abuse, Schizophrenia
Wu, Chia-Huei; Wu, Chin-Yu – Social Indicators Research, 2008
Subjective well-being is an increasingly common indicator of adequacy of psychiatric services. An easy-to-administer assessment tool of subjective well-being that is conceptually sound, valid, and reliable is needed for use in persons with schizophrenia. The purpose of this paper was to validate the 5-item Satisfaction with Life Scale…
Descriptors: Psychiatric Services, Life Satisfaction, Schizophrenia, Quality of Life
Salzinger, Kurt – American Psychologist, 2006
The author comments on the article "The Primacy of Cognition in Schizophrenia," by R. W. Heinrichs and states that to the pursuit of schizophrenic/normal differences, there is no end. Heinrichs used meta-analyses to argue persuasively for the primacy of cognition for this role. His conclusion not only elicited agreement from both researchers and…
Descriptors: Patients, Schizophrenia, Effect Size, Cognitive Processes
Gothelf, Doron; Schaer, Marie; Eliez, Stephan – Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2008
Velo-cardio-facial syndrome (VCFS) has been in the focus of intensive research over the last 15 years. The syndrome represents a homogeneous model for studying the effect of a decreased dosage of genes on the development of brain structure and function and, consequently, on the emergence of schizophrenia-like psychotic disorder. In this review, we…
Descriptors: Schizophrenia, Risk, Neurology, Young Adults
Bhaumik, S.; Tyrer, F. C.; McGrother, C.; Ganghadaran, S. K. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2008
Background: UK policies aim to facilitate access to general psychiatric services for adults with intellectual disability (ID). If this is to be achieved, it is important to have a clear idea of the characteristics and proportion of people with ID who currently access specialist psychiatric services and the nature and extent of psychiatric…
Descriptors: Psychiatric Services, Health Services, Gender Differences, Incidence
Rutter, Michael – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2007
Daniel Offer's seminal writings in the 1960s led to a realization that normal adolescence was not characterized by turmoil and upheaval, the then prevailing view that derived from studies of clinical samples. In this paper, the research findings that have appeared over the last four decades are reviewed with respect to the overall features of…
Descriptors: Drug Use, Drug Abuse, Suicide, Schizophrenia
Cervellione, Kelly L.; Burdick, Katherine E.; Cottone, John G.; Rhinewine, Joseph P.; Kumra, Sanjiv – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
Objective: Previous cross-sectional studies in adolescents with early-onset schizophrenia (EOS; onset of psychotic symptoms by 18 years of age) have reported patterns of generalized neurocognitive deficits as compared to healthy comparison subjects (HCSs). Here, the authors examined the longitudinal stability of neuropsychological deficits in…
Descriptors: Schizophrenia, Adolescents, Patients, Neuropsychology
Masi, Gabriele; Perugi, Giulio; Millepiedi, Stefania; Mucci, Maria; Pari, Cinzia; Pfanner, Chiara; Berloffa, Stefano; Toni, Cristina – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
Objective: According to DSM-IV, bipolar disorders (BDs) include four subtypes, BD I, BD II, cyclothymic disorder, and BD not otherwise specified (NOS). We explore the clinical implications of this subtyping in a naturalistic sample of referred youths with BD I, BD II, and BD-NOS. Method: The sample consisted of 217 patients, 135 males and 82…
Descriptors: Schizophrenia, Mental Disorders, Hyperactivity, Psychiatry
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), 2009
Research shows that half of all lifetime cases of mental illness begin by age 14. Scientists are discovering that changes in the body leading to mental illness may start much earlier, before any symptoms appear. Through greater understanding of when and how fast specific areas of children's brains develop, we are learning more about the early…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Children, Anxiety Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Neuringer, Charles; Kaplan, Harold A. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1974
A study of the effects of emotional stimuli (words) on schizophrenics' adherence to strong meaning associations (regardless of context). (DP)
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Institutionalized Persons, Psychological Patterns, Schizophrenia
Orme, J. E. – J Clin Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Cognitive Processes, Memory, Schizophrenia
Sundel, Martin – 1968
Major variables related to reinstatement of speech in hospitalized mute and near-mute schizophrenics were isolated and investigated. The study consisted of four parts: (1) verbal conditioning of mute and near-mute chronic schizophrenics using four experimental groups and two control groups, (2) four extra-laboratory measures for testing…
Descriptors: Operant Conditioning, Research, Schizophrenia, Verbal Operant Conditioning
Stern, Elliot J.; Riegel, Klaus F. – 1967
The associative behavior of 24 male chronic schizophrenics and 24 normal control subjects (male) equated for age and educational level was investigated. Free and restricted associations were obtained to analyze the organizational aspects of associative behavior as well as the number of unique or common responses per task, response repetitions…
Descriptors: Association Measures, Association (Psychology), Cognitive Processes, Schizophrenia
Riester, Albert E.; Rash, Janis Darlene – Pointer, 1986
Interviews with eight experts working with schizophrenic students supported the need for a self-paced, supportive, consistent structured, and clearly defined management system. Suggested intervention techniques and strategies are outlined for four major psychiatric symptoms: impaired reality testing, impaired object relationships, thinking…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention, Schizophrenia, Teaching Methods

Verberne, Tom J. P. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1984
Reviews Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory data presented by Small, Madero, Gross, Teagno, Leib, and Ebert (1981) which shows distinct differences, consistent with the clinical diagnosis in the case of the schizophrenic patients, and is suggestive of an affective disorder in the anorexic patients. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Anorexia Nervosa, Emotional Disturbances, Foreign Countries, Schizophrenia