Social anxiety is a frequent, disabling condition but often unrecognized feature in schizophrenia. The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of social anxiety among inpatients with schizophrenia. Sixty inpatients with DSM-V schizophrenia were recruited from Niayesh psychiatric hospital in 2015 in Tehran, Iran. They were interviewed with the Anxiety Disorders section of the SCID for D...

patients and methods the study sample included 50 patients with schizophrenia in tuba rehabilitation center in ardabil selected by available sampling method. healthy group participants were selected through cloning by age, gender and marital status of the patient group. the data were collected by the questionnaire of holmes-rahe scale and cohen et al. data were analyzed by multivariate anova (m...

background: the negative symptoms of schizophrenia remain a major clinical challenge. nortriptyline is a serotonin and noradrenalin reuptake inhibitor and belongs to secondary amine tricycles. the aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of nortriptyline on the negative symptoms of schizophrenia.   methods: this study is a six-week randomized placebo-control trial of nortriptyline or placebo...

anorexia nervosa (an) is a serious psychiatric illness marked by an inability to maintain a normal healthy body weight. the prevalence of an comorbid with other psychiatric disorders has been reported to be quite high. whereas depression and anxiety disorders are the most common comorbid diagnoses in anorexic patients, the dual-diagnosis of anorexia and schizophrenia is a relatively rare condit...

Introduction Zebrafish ( Danio rerio ) has evolved over the years as a preferred organism due to its vast repertoire in research fields that mimic targeted phenotype, particularly behavioral typologies and specific attributes comparable murine models relatively high homology with humans. Considering this consideration, different pharmacological treatments have been tested proven under concentra...

schizophrenia (scz) is a complex disorder with no clarified etiology or biological diagnosis.  symptoms of schizophrenia including positive, negative and cognitive deficits.the neurodegenrative and neurodevelopmental hypothesis are main views  about the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. neuregulin 1 is one of four proteins in the neuregulin family that act on the egfr family of receptors. nrg1 ...

This study aims to determine the impact of progressive muscle relaxation using regional languages on family stress who care for members experience schizophrenia. The method used in this research is Case Report with a pre-posttest. results showed that Progressive Muscle Relaxation Regional Languages could reduce caring In conclusion, interventions can help families experiencing schizophrenia.&#x...

Schizophreniais a mental disorder which is characterized by thoughtsor experiences that seem out of touch with reality, disorganized speech or behavior and decreased participation in daily activities. Difficulty concentration memory may also be present. Schizophrenia mainly affects adolescence young adults. Genes play major role schizophrenia. There are five types schizophrenia (paranoid, hebep...