Introduction This is the case of a girl, aged 13, starting on 2021 with first psychotic episode. Before this episode, her psychiatric history was an adjustment disorder because scholar bullying, fully recovered before onset current symptoms. Objectives To describe interesting early-onset psychosis. Methods We have used interviews patient and profile in Diraya (the medical database software Anda...

Aim. The study has been undertaken to investigate a possible influence of alcoholism on the course and psychopathology of schizophrenia. Method. A representative sample of 61 subjects was selected from the schizophrenic patients with a history of alcohol dependence (dual diagnosis), registered in the period of 1997-2000. They were compared with 60 control patients, with a single diagnosis of sc...

Few studies have analyzed the comorbid presence of gambling disorder (GD) with schizophrenia, its sociodemographic correlates and clinical implications. This study estimated prevalence dual diagnosis (GD schizophrenia) differences in profiles patients without condition. The sample included n = 3,754 consecutively accepted for treatment GD. Sociodemographics, gambling-related variables, psychopa...

Robust evidence has accumulated showing that individuals who develop schizophrenia are at elevated risk when compared to the general population to engage in violence towards others. This violence impacts negatively on victims as well as perpetrators and poses a significant financial burden to society. It is posited that among violent offenders with schizophrenia there are three distinct types d...

Several important paradigm shifts have occurred in the field of schizophrenia treatment, including an increased focus on early detection, the development of preemptive interventions, and the view of schizophrenia as a neurodevelopmental disease characterized by decreased efficiency and abnormal connectivity in cortical and subcortical neural networks. In this review, we briefly describe some of...

Introduction The diagnosis of schizophrenic disorder in children and adolescents is often complex and challenging. The symptomatic overlap between schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders has produced high rates of misdiagnosis. The clinical expression and progression of early onset schizophrenia is affected by maturation processes. Thus, schizophrenia in the paediatric population may vary f...