Platelet MAO activity was estimated in 60 male drug free schizophrenics, 36 male drug free manics and 30 male normal healthy controls by Radio Isotopic Technique using (14)C Tryptamine Bisuccinate as substrate. There was no significant difference between the enzyme activity in the schizophrenic, manic and control groups. Platelet MAO activity in the disorganized catatonic and paranoid schizophr...

Schizophrenia patients have been reported to be more impaired in comprehending non-literal than literal language since early studies on proverbs. Preference for literal rather than figurative interpretations continues to be documented. The main aim of this study was to establish whether patients are indeed able to use combinatorial semantic processing to comprehend literal sentences and both co...

Induced delusional disorder or folie a deux in a 19 year old girl from India whose 16 years old younger sister had paranoid schizophrenia is described. Transient sharing of delusional beliefs by those living with the patients may be an extension of unsubstantiated beliefs held by the community.

C Since the first description of cognitive therapy of paranoid delusions appeared in the literature, the empirical support for cognitive behavioral therapy in treating psychotic symptoms has been widely established. The aim of the present case study is to show how the behavioral experiment can be used as a powerful tool to change delusional thinking in a patient with paranoid schizophrenia. In ...

In the present study we evaluated attributional style which refers to how individuals explain the causes for positive and negative events in their lives in patients with first episode of schizophrenia with and without paranoid ideation. 43 patients with first episode of psychosis and 37 matched normal controls completed Ambiguous Intentions Hostility Questionnaire (AIHQ) (Combs et al. 2007). Be...

All theories viewing family interactions as etiologically relevant to schizophrenia are concerned with parental influences upon family members. In this study the Good versus Poor premorbid adequacy dichotomization of a male schizophrenic population is compared with the paranoid versus nonparanoid dichotomization of the same population in terms of their relative utility in predicting the sex of ...

Introduction Clinical case description. A 44-year-old male, with paranoid schizophrenia, polydrug addict and IVDU since he was 14 years old. Live alone. He is brought by the Local Police for heteroaggressiveness when arrested trespassing resisting authority. has presented hospital admissions therapeutic communities detoxification 2000. Objectives 1. To analyze causes of abandonment treatment Me...

INTRODUCTION Verbal fluency is the ability to form and express words compatible with required criteria. Verbal fluency is necessary for optimal communication and for normal social and occupational functioning. The Verbal Fluency Test is a good indicator of frontal lobe dysfunction, particularly of the left frontal cortex. MATERIAL AND METHODS The aim of the study was to compare verbal fluency...

MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM Comorbid anxiety disorders or symptoms are common in schizophrenia although differences in reporting are observed across cultures (Dixon et al.). Panic attacks in schizophrenia occurred in 45% of schizophrenia patients in the ECA. These individuals also had a high comorbidity with other psychiatric conditions and a higher cost of care.(Goodwin et al.). Similar figures w...

There are many reports that show different thyroid abnormalities in schizophrenia without clear establishment of their role in etiology and treatment outcome of schizophrenia. Among these reports, there are only a few that consider a role for thyroid hormones as augmenting agents in the treatment with antipsychotic drugs. This case report outlines symptom subsidence of a patient with clozapine ...