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 …

There has been a surge of interest in the functional consequences of neurocognitive deficits
in schizophrenia. The published literature in this area has doubled in the last few years. In …

Psychiatric comorbidities are common among patients with schizophrenia. Substance abuse
comorbidity predominates. Anxiety and depressive symptoms are also very common …

Although dementia praecox or schizophrenia has been considered a unique disease entity
for the past century, its definitions and boundaries have continued to vary over this period. At …

This book is the most practical clinical guide on Acceptance and Commit ment Therapy (ACT
said as one word, not as initials) yet available. It is designed to show how the ACT model …

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 …

Background The psychiatry literature routinely quotes a lifetime schizophrenia suicide
prevalence of 10% based on 1 meta-analysis and 2 studies of chronic schizophrenics …

Context Schizophrenia remains a highly disabling disorder, but the specific determinants
and pathways that lead to functional impairment are not well understood. It is not known …

The present study examined the impact of a brief version of an acceptance-based treatment
(acceptance and commitment therapy; ACT) that teaches patients to accept unavoidable …

Although schizophrenia is an illness that has been historically characterized by the
presence of positive symptomatology, decades of research highlight the importance of …