Although schizophrenia symptoms typically appear in late adolescence or early adulthood, genetic mutations affecting early neurodevelopment could embed risk for future behavioral changes.»
Not exact matches
Although the clinical syndrome known as
schizophrenia is already widely recognized, the connection between the cognitive and neurological impairments on the one hand and the patient's
symptoms on the other remains unclear.
They don't lead off with the words psychosis or
schizophrenia, but explain that the child is experiencing certain
symptoms that may worsen —
although they also have a high likelihood of improving.
Although exercise has been shown to be an effective treatment for people with long - term
schizophrenia, no studies have assessed its effects on psychiatric
symptoms in young adults with early psychosis, until now.
Although antagonism of mesolimbic dopamine D (2) receptors by neuroleptics such as haloperidol attenuates positive
symptoms of
schizophrenia, a significant population of «resistant» patients fails to
Having a close family member with bipolar disorder — a mental illness that can trigger psychotic
symptoms reminiscent of
schizophrenia — also upped the risk of autism,
although the association wasn't as dramatic.
Although the
symptoms of
schizophrenia vary from person to person, the most common include:
Reviews of cognitive behaviour therapy in
schizophrenia indicate that evaluations are mainly case studies or uncontrolled trials.3 — 5 Four controlled trials have suggested that cognitive behavioural interventions can result in a reduction of psychotic and associated
symptoms that are resistant to medication in chronic
schizophrenia, 6 — 9 and a single trial has shown reduction of
symptoms in acute
schizophrenia.10
Although these trials are small and all suffer methodological limitations, particularly a lack of blind assessment, they represent encouraging evidence that cognitive behavioural interventions can have considerable benefits in reducing persistent hallucinations and delusions.