Schizophrenia is a chronic psychoneurological condition that encompasses wide variety of neurochemical, morphological, bioelectrical and behavioural changes. Comprehension the mechanisms underlying schizophrenia psychosis cannot be fully acquired in clinical studies with humans. For this reason, number experimental animal models have been developed. Although none existing reproduces complete sp...

Schizophrenia is a major mental illness with children of affected individuals experiencing multiple challenges, which are often overlooked by professionals. These at risk health issues due to reasons including genetic predisposition, poor attachment in relationships and chaotic family environments. We describe an unusual presentation child whose mother was suffering from schizophrenia.

objective: despite the discovery of new antipsychotic drugs in recent years, a number of schizophrenic patients show no response to such drugs and are considered treatment-resistant. in such cases, clozapine and occasionally ect or a combination of drugs are used, though they are not very effective. in recent years, the combination of clozapine and ect for treatment-resistant schizophrenic pati...

conclusions it can be concluded that schizophrenia can have an effect on the quality of life. some items such as family care, early and on time treatment play an important role in increasing the quality of life. results the participants in this study gained the highest quality of life in the domain of physical, environmental and psychological health and social relationships. there was no signif...

conclusions after eight sessions, increased awareness of the environment, improved posture and gait pattern, improved motivation and enjoyment, improved patient tolerance, improved appearance and personal hygiene, loss of purposeful behavior, a realistic plan of action every day, improved attention span, improved decision-making skills, and improved community involvement and coping skills were ...

ôbjective: recently, quality of life is a concern of health in psychiatry. schizophrenia is a disorder that has the most regressive effects in societies’ and patients’ behavioural, occupational and psychiatric aspects. the main purpose of this study was to evaluate the quality of life and global function of schizophrenia patients. methods: â hundred schizophrenia patients (with dsm-ïv-tr) who h...

Abstract Background Schizophrenia is a complex mental illness with significant sex differences. Cognitive impairment common in patients schizophrenia, even remission. This study was designed to examine the differences relationship between cognitive and clinical correlations first-episode drug-naïve (FEDN) schizophrenia. Methods 93 FEDN (male/female = 45/48) 160 controls 74/86) were enrolled com...

schizophrenia is a complex disorder with polygenic inheritance. the mthfr gene (omim: 607093) plays an important role in the folate metabolism. it has been suggested that c677t (rs1801133) and a1298c (rs1801131) genetic polymorphisms in the mthfr gene lead to the decreased activity of the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase enzyme which may have significant effect on developing schizophrenia. w...

schizophrenia is a chronic and often debilitating illness which affects about 1% of the world population. some reagents have been used to simulate schizophrenic disorders in laboratory animals, such as amphetamine and ketamine. previous studies have suggested that reactive oxygen species (ros) production, reduced levels of atp, mitochondrial dysfunction and apoptosis are involved in the pathoph...