Changes in Weight and other Metabolic Indicators in Persons with Schizophrenia Following a Switch to Aripiprazole

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rohan Ganguli ◽  
Jaspreet Brar ◽  
Ronald Garbut ◽  
Chung-Chou Chang ◽  
Ranita Basu
Keyword(s):  
Persons With Schizophrenia

The self and schizophrenia: a cognitive approach

2003 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marek Nieznanski
Keyword(s):  
Normal Subjects ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Cognitive Approach ◽  
Schizophrenic Patients ◽  
Self Schema ◽  
Persons With Schizophrenia ◽  
Basic Features ◽  
Trait Words ◽  
Patients Experience ◽  
Normal Controls

The aim of the study was to explore the basic features of self-schema in persons with schizophrenia. Thirty two schizophrenic patients and 32 normal controls were asked to select personality trait words from a check-list that described themselves, themselves as they were five years ago, and what most people are like. Compared with the control group, participants from the experimental group chose significantly more adjectives that were common to descriptions of self and others, and significantly less that were common to self and past-self descriptions. These results suggest that schizophrenic patients experience their personality as changing over time much more than do healthy subjects. Moreover, their self-representation seems to be less differentiated from others-representation and less clearly defined than in normal subjects.

Web-Based Intervention for Persons With Schizophrenia and Their Families

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Armando J. Rotondi ◽  
Carol Anderson ◽  
Gretchen L. Haas ◽  
Jason Rosenstock ◽  
Rohan Ganguli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Web Based ◽  
Persons With Schizophrenia

Overcoming fragmentation in the treatment of persons with schizophrenia.

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jay A. Hamm ◽  
Benjamin Buck ◽  
Bethany L. Leonhardt ◽  
Sally Wasmuth ◽  
John T. Lysaker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Persons With Schizophrenia

Self-reported tobacco use and urine cotinine levels in persons with schizophrenia

2020 ◽  
Vol 224 ◽  
pp. 185-187
Author(s):  
Banu Manickam Rajalu ◽  
Deepak Jayarajan ◽  
Krishna Prasad Muliyala ◽  
Priyamvada Sharma ◽  
Sailaxmi Gandhi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Urine Cotinine ◽  
Persons With Schizophrenia

scholarly journals The social support, mental health, psychiatric symptoms, and functioning of persons with schizophrenia participating in peer co-delivered vocational rehabilitation: a pilot study in Taiwan

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kan-Yuan Cheng ◽  
Chia-Feng Yen
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Psychiatric Symptoms ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Pilot Program ◽  
The Social ◽  
Functional Scores ◽  
Persons With Schizophrenia

Abstract Background Vocational peer support (VPS) services are recovery-oriented interventions in modern psychiatric care for persons with schizophrenia. However, few VPS services are found in Taiwan. Hence, a pilot program of peer co-delivered vocational rehabilitation to support persons with schizophrenia in Taiwan was proposed and evaluated. Methods Six peers were trained and were willing to co-lead and assist workplace problem-solving groups and care skills training in an extended vocational rehabilitation program from August 2017 to December 2018. The social support, mental health, psychiatric symptoms, and functioning of service users were assessed before and after peer co-delivered services, and the assessments were based on the following: Social Support Scale (SSS), Chinese Health Questionnaire-12 (CHQ-12), Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS), Global Assessment of Function (GAF), and the Chinese version of the Social Functioning Scale (C-SFS). Results The recruited 46 service users were mostly middle-aged (49.1 ± 9.8), with 27 being male (58.7%). After interventions, 42 service users who completed the program had a significantly increased SSS score (149.1 ± 31.8 vs. 161.2 ± 35.0, df = 41, t = 2.70, p = 0.01) and subscale of friend-peer dimension (44.4 ± 12.0 vs. 53.2 ± 13.2, df = 41, t = 4.72, p < 0.001). The objective (GAF: 69.8 ± 9.8 vs. 72.6 ± 8.8, df = 41, t = 3.50, p = 0.001) and subjective social functional scores (C-SFS: 75.2 ± 8.8 vs. 78.1 ± 9.5, df = 41, t = 2.59, p = 0.01) both significantly increased. The weekly wage elevated significantly (37.5 ± 35.5 vs. 43.6 ± 38.0, df = 41, t = 2.57, p = 0.01) and the BPRS-18 score decreased significantly, too (31.2 ± 6.7 vs. 29.3 ± 5.0, df = 41, t = − 2.83, p = 0.007). Conclusions Peer co-delivered vocational rehabilitation services may enhance the social support received by persons with schizophrenia and improve their occupational outcomes. The pilot program proposed can thus be a model for non-Western countries with limited resources allocated by governments to support persons with schizophrenia. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials NCT04767204, retrospectively registered on Feb 23, 2021.

scholarly journals Antipsychotic use among persons with schizophrenia in Sweden and Finland, trends and differences

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Heidi Taipale ◽  
Arto Puranen ◽  
Ellenor Mittendorfer-Rutz ◽  
Jari Tiihonen ◽  
Antti Tanskanen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Persons With Schizophrenia
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