Objective It has been well established that schizophrenic patients have neurocognitive
deficits, but it is not known how these deficits influence the daily lives of patients. The goal of …

Objective: Axis V, which uses the Global Assessment of Functioning Scale in the multiaxial
system of DSM-III-R, is under review for DSM-IV. This article examines what is known about …

Electrodermal activity (EDA) has been one of the most widely used—some might add"
abused"—response systems in the history of psychophysiology. A search of the PsychLit …

A tentative model of schizophrenic psychotic episodes is presented, based on the evidence
that certain characteristics of individuals may serve as vulnerability factors and that …

Background: Little is known about the extent to which work contributes to the recovery of
people with schizophrenia. There is increasing interest in the subject because of new …

Over 75 years ago, Bleuler (1911) confronted psychiatry with the question of
'schizophrenia'or 'schizophrenias'. Today we recognise the heterogeneity of the condition …

The authors present the findings from a long-term follow-up study of 118 patients from
Vermont State Hospital who, when rediagnosed retrospectively, met DSM-lll criteria for …

These reprints are taken from original copies ofeach book. In many cases the condition of
these originals is not perfect. The publisher has gone to great lengths to ensure the quality of …

We administered ketamine to schizophrenic individuals in a double-blind, placebo-
controlled design using a range of subanesthetic doses (0.1, 0.3, and 0.5 mg/kg) to evaluate …

Background Intensive Case Management (ICM) is a community‐based package of care
aiming to provide long‐term care for severely mentally ill people who do not require …