Schizophrenia Journal Articles

• Tapering Antipsychotic Treatment to Minimize Relapse Risk The authors present principles for reducing and discontinuing antipsychotics in a manner that minimizes the risk of withdrawal symptoms and relapse.
  Schizophrenia Bulletin, September 16, 2021
• Neuroimaging Genomics in Autism and Schizophrenia Find out how neuroimaging genomics could help advance our understanding of the genetic and neuropsychiatric variants associated with these conditions.
  Brain, September 14, 2021
• Do Psychological Interventions Work for Adolescent Psychosis? This study aimed to assess the efficacy of various psychological interventions for adolescents with psychosis such as cognitive remediation therapy, psychoeducation, family therapy, and group therapy.
  Schizophrenia Bulletin, August 16, 2021
• Effect of Inadequate Sleep on Frequent Mental Distress Up to one-third of US adults report sleeping less than the recommended amount. Is there a bi-directional relationship between inadequate sleep and mental distress?
  Preventing Chronic Disease, July 23, 2021
• Disparities Among Patients With Schizophrenia and COVID-19 Have health outcomes and care differed between hospitalized COVID-19 patients with schizophrenia and patients without a diagnosis of severe mental illness?
  Schizophrenia Bulletin, July 15, 2021
• An Approach to Pharmacotherapy for Personality Disorders Strategies for pharmacotherapy for personality disorders (PDs) include targeting comorbid disorders, PD symptom dimensions, or the PD itself
  Current Psychiatry, July 15, 2021
• Predictors of Treatment- and Clozapine-Resistant Schizophrenia This study explored the development of treatment-resistant schizophrenia among patients with first-episode schizophrenia-spectrum disorders. Might early interventions reduce the rate of TRS?
  Schizophrenia Bulletin, June 16, 2021
• Comorbid Major Depressive Disorder in Schizophrenia Many studies have shown that major depressive disorder plays a major role in the prognosis of schizophrenia. How prevalent is MDD in these patients, and what factors might influence its occurrence?
  Schizophrenia Bulletin, May 14, 2021
• Neurofeedback for Auditory Hallucinations in Schizophrenia Many schizophrenia patients suffer from treatment-resistant auditory verbal hallucinations. Might real-time neurofeedback training enable these patients to gain control over AVH?
  Current Opinion in Psychiatry, April 19, 2021
• A Review of Multimodal Hallucinations Review current thought on multimodal hallucinations--hallucinatory experiences which occur in multiple sensory systems. How prevalent are they, and what are their clinical implications?
  Schizophrenia Bulletin, April 16, 2021
• Lesion Location and Depressive Symptoms Poststroke This study utilized voxel-based lesion behavior mapping to determine whether post-stroke depression is associated with specific lesion locations.
  Stroke, March 17, 2021
• Brief Psychotic Disorder During COVID-19 Pandemic Might the intense psychosocial stress associated with a novel, potentially fatal disease along with lockdown restrictions be a trigger for first-episode psychosis?
  Schizophrenia Bulletin, March 16, 2021
• Hallucinations Under Psychedelics and in Schizophrenia This review examines the similarities and differences between hallucinations under psychedelics and in the schizophrenia-spectrum disorders, from both physiological and phenomenological perspectives.
  Schizophrenia Bulletin, February 16, 2021
• Pediatric Psoriasis Comorbidities This case presentation highlights the many comorbidities that can manifest in children with psoriasis, including juvenile psoriatic arthritis, uveitis, and metabolic disorders.
  Skin Therapy Letter, February 16, 2021
• Childhood Trauma, Brain Structure and Emotion Recognition This study of healthy and schizophrenic patients investigated the differential effects of childhood adversity on brain volume and structure, and its association with the ability to recognize emotions.
  Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, January 29, 2021
• Chronic Disease Among African American Families This review summarizes research examining chronic conditions among multiple members of African American families with the aim of increasing understanding of the burden caused family comorbidity.
  Preventing Chronic Disease, January 19, 2021
• Hallucinations in Older Adults: A Practical Review This review highlights key issues for the clinician caring for older adults with hallucinations. How is assessment, management, and treatment best approached?
  Schizophrenia Bulletin, January 15, 2021
• Metabolism of Sphingolipids in the Brain of Schizophrenics Might altered sphingolipid metabolism be a factor in the structural and molecular abnormalities of white matter reported in schizophrenia?
  Schizophrenia Bulletin, December 16, 2020
• Relationship Between Dissociation and Symptoms of Psychosis This study aimed to examine associations between dissociation and the full range of psychosis symptomatology. Might some psychotic symptoms be better conceptualized as dissociative in nature?
  Schizophrenia Bulletin, November 16, 2020
• Polypharmacy and Potential Drug-Drug Interactions for HIV Are you aware of the types of concurrent medications commonly prescribed to HIV patients and the potential drug-drug interactions?
  HIV Medicine, October 09, 2020