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Frazier, Jean A.; McClellan, Jon; Findling, Robert L.; Vitiello, Benedetto; Anderson, Robert; Zablotsky, Benjamin; Williams, Emily; McNamara, Nora K.; Jackson, Joseph A.; Ritz, Louise; Hlastala, Stefanie A.; Pierson, Leslie; Varley, Jennifer A.; Puglia, Madeline; Maloney, Ann E.; Ambler, Denisse; Hunt-Harrison, Tyehimba; Hamer, Robert M.; Noyes, Nancy; Lieberman, Jeffrey A.; Sikich, Linmarie – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
Objective: We examined baseline demographic and clinical profiles of youths enrolled from 2001 to 2006 in the publicly funded multicenter, randomized controlled trial Treatment of Early-Onset Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders. Method: Youths (8-19 years) with schizophrenia (SZ) and schizoaffective disorder were recruited at four academic sites.…
Descriptors: Schizophrenia, Emotional Disturbances, Psychopathology, Rating Scales
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Kveraga, Kestutis; Ghuman, Avniel S.; Bar, Moshe – Brain and Cognition, 2007
The human brain is not a passive organ simply waiting to be activated by external stimuli. Instead, we propose that the brain continuously employs memory of past experiences to interpret sensory information and predict the immediately relevant future. The basic elements of this proposal include analogical mapping, associative representations and…
Descriptors: Brain, Cognitive Processes, Memory, Sensory Experience
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Reichenberg, Abraham; Harvey, Philip D. – Psychological Bulletin, 2007
Until recently, the dominant view was that schizophrenia patients have limited, if any, neuropsychological impairments, and those that are observed are only secondary to the florid symptoms of the disorder. This view has dramatically changed. This review integrates recent evidence demonstrating the severity and profile of neuropsychological…
Descriptors: Patients, Neurology, Memory, Schizophrenia
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Gil, Alexei; Gama, Clarissa S.; de Jesus, Danilo Rocha; Lobato, Maria Ines; Zimmer, Marilene; Belmonte-de-Abreu, Paulo – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2009
Objective: To assess long-lasting effects of childhood trauma on the functional outcome of adult patients diagnosed with schizophrenia. Method: Ninety-nine stable patients with schizophrenia followed in an outpatient program at a public university hospital in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil, were investigated for childhood traumatic experiences by…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Schizophrenia, Questionnaires, Patients
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Hutton, Jane; Goode, Susan; Murphy, Margaret; Le Couteur, Ann; Rutter, Michael – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2008
A follow-up study to at least the age of 21 years of 135 individuals with an autism spectrum disorder diagnosed in childhood and an IQ of over 30 was conducted. The study is distinctive in its large size, low attrition rate and use of systematic interviews to obtain clinical information. Questionnaires completed by caregivers asked about the…
Descriptors: Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Schizophrenia, Autism, Caregivers
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Dumontheil, Iroise; Burgess, Paul W.; Blakemore, Sarah-Jayne – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2008
Information on the development and functions of rostral prefrontal cortex (PFC), or Brodmann area 10, has been gathered from different fields, from anatomical development to functional neuroimaging in adults, and put forward in relation to three particular cognitive and behavioural disorders. Rostral PFC is larger and has a lower cell density in…
Descriptors: Schizophrenia, Etiology, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Brain
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Garner, Howard G. – Journal of School Health, 1972
Descriptors: Schizophrenia, School Administration, School Districts
Lane, Ellen A.; And Others – Develop Psychol, 1970
Analysis of IQ's of 262 children and their 129 schizophrenic parents revealed no deleterious effects on the intellectual development of the children. (MH)
Descriptors: Heredity, Intelligence, Schizophrenia, Sex Differences
Mosher, Loren R. – Today's Education, 1971
The need for additional research into the cause and prevention of schizophrenia is discussed. (DB)
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Research Projects, Schizophrenia
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Hadjez, Jack; Stein, Daniel; Gabbay, Uri; Bruckner, Judith; Meged, Sorin; Barak, Yoram; Elizur, Avner; Weizman, Abraham; Rotenberg, Vadim S. – Adolescence, 2003
Study compared dream content of schizophrenic adolescent inpatients, adolescent inpatient s with other mental disorders, and community controls. Results suggest that psychopathology per se, rather than the specific psychiatric disturbance, may be associated with impoverishment of dream content; and that negative, rather than positive,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dreams, Mental Disorders, Schizophrenia
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Caldwell, Constance B.; Gottesman, Irving I. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1992
Notes that suicide is chief cause of premature death among schizophrenic persons, with lifetime incidence of suicide for patients with schizophrenia at 10-13% compared to general population estimate of 1%. Discusses salient risk factors for suicide in schizophrenics and types of especially vulnerable patients identified by research. Notes that…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Schizophrenia, Suicide
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Kranzler, Harvey; Roofeh, David; Gerbino-Rosen, Ginny; Dombrowski, Carolyn; McMeniman, Marjorie; DeThomas, Courtney; Frederickson, Anne; Nusser, Laurie; Bienstock, Mark D.; Fisch, Gene S.; Kumra, Sanjiv – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2005
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of clozapine on aggressive behavior for treatment-refractory adolescents (age range 8.5-18) with schizophrenia (295.X) at Bronx Children's Psychiatric Center. Method: Clozapine treatment was administered in an open-label fashion using a flexible titration schedule. The frequency of administration of…
Descriptors: Psychiatry, Patients, Adolescents, Schizophrenia
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Kelley, Michelle L.; Fals-Stewart, William – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2004
Objective: The present study examined lifetime psychiatric disorders and current emotional and behavioral problems of 8- to 12-year-old children living with drug-abusing (DA) fathers compared to children living in demographically matched homes with alcohol-abusing (AA) or non-substance-abusing fathers. Method: Children's lifetime psychiatric…
Descriptors: Psychiatry, Schizophrenia, Fathers, Emotional Disturbances
Penney, T.B.; Meck, W.H.; Roberts, S.A.; Gibbon, J.; Erlenmeyer-Kimling, L. – Brain and Cognition, 2005
A duration-bisection procedure was used to study the effects of signal modality and divided attention on duration classification in participants at high genetic risk for schizophrenia (HrSz), major affective disorder (HrAff), and normal controls (NC). Participants learned short and long target durations during training and classified probe…
Descriptors: Schizophrenia, Classification, Attention Deficit Disorders
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Harkavy-Friedman, Jill M.; Nelson, Elizabeth A.; Venarde, David F.; Mann, J. John – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2004
Understanding the relationship between depression and suicidal behavior among individuals with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder can aid assessment and treatment. In this study, 86 individuals with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder were assessed for past and current suicidal behavior, depression, hopelessness, and reasons for…
Descriptors: Risk, Schizophrenia, Depression (Psychology), Suicide
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