Neuropsychological Tests

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Are late-onset schizophrenia spectrum disorders neurodegenerative conditions? Annual rates of change on two dementia measures.

Some investigators assert that emergence of schizophrenia spectrum disorders in mid- to late life (LOSD, i.e., onset after age 45) reflects neurodegenerative processes. The authors examined 1- and 2-year changes among 37 outpatients with LOSDs on the ...
Barton W Palmer, Mark W Bondi, Elizabeth W Twamley, Leon Thal, Shahrokh Golshan, Dilip V Jeste (J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci, 2003WINTER)
late-onset-schizophrenia-spectrum-disorders-neurodegenerative.asp

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No evidence of a homogeneous frontal neuropsychological profile in a sample of schizophrenic subjects.

The authors obtained a frontal functions profile for 81 schizophrenic patients using six neuropsychological tests that evaluate the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex functions, i.e., working memory, executive functions, and strategic performance. They then ...
Orsola Gambini, Arturo Campana, Giacomo Garghentini, Silvio Scarone (J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci, 2003WINTER)
evidence-homogeneous-frontal-neuropsychological-profile-sample.asp

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Effects of depressed mood on objective and subjective measures of attention.

People with depression report frequent cognitive failures, but objective measures of cognition show mixed results. Some studies show impairment on effortful tasks. The relationship between subjective and objective cognitive failures was studied in 102 ...
Lydia Farrin, Lisa Hull, Catherine Unwin, Til Wykes, Anthony David (J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci, 2003WINTER)
effects-depressed-mood-objective-subjective-measures-attention.asp

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Patterns of change in the treatment of psychiatric symptoms in patients with probable Alzheimers disease from 1983 to 2000.

The authors examined the pattern of use of psychiatric medication as prescribed by community physicians in 1,155 patients with probable Alzheimers disease (AD) referred to the Alzheimers Disease Research Center of Pittsburgh between April 1983 and July ...
Oscar L Lopez, James T Becker, Robert A Sweet, William Klunk, Daniel I Kaufer, Judith Saxton, Steven T DeKosky (J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci, 2003WINTER)
patterns-change-treatment-psychiatric-symptoms-patients-probable.asp

5.

The incidence of mental and behavioral disturbances in dementia: the cache county study.

A population-based prevalence sample of 355 residents of Cache County, Utah, who were diagnosed with dementia, was rated on the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI). Of the 355 residents, 119 had no neuropsychiatric symptoms at baseline and were, ...
Martin Steinberg, Jeannie-Marie Sheppard, JoAnn T Tschanz, Maria C Norton, David C Steffens, John C S Breitner, Constantine G Lyketsos (J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci, 2003SUMMER)
incidence-mental-behavioral-disturbances-dementia-cache-county-study.asp

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The frontal lobe neuropsychological tests in patients with schizophrenia and/or obsessive-compulsive disorder.

This study compared the performances of matched schizophrenia patients with or without obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptoms, patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and control subjects on selected frontal lobe tests. Schizophrenic patients ...
Alina Borkowska, Ewa Pilaczyñska, Janusz K Rybakowski (J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci, 2003SUMMER)
frontal-lobe-neuropsychological-tests-patients-schizophrenia-or.asp

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Magical ideation modulates spatial behavior.

Previous research has found that animals as well as persons with psychotic disorders preferentially orient away from the cerebral hemisphere with the more active dopamine system. This study investigated the modulation of spatial behavior by a mode of ...
Christine Mohr, H Stefan Bracha, Peter Brugger (J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci, 2003SPRING)
magical-ideation-modulates-spatial-behavior.asp

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Enhancement of declarative memory by emotional arousal and visual memory function in Alzheimers disease.

The specific effects of visual and verbal memory on the ability of emotional arousal to enhance declarative memory were examined by using multiple linear regression analysis on data from a sample of 56 patients with probable Alzheimers disease (AD). The ...
Hiroaki Kazui, Etsuro Mori, Mamoru Hashimoto, Nobutsugu Hirono (J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci, 2003SPRING)
enhancement-declarative-memory-emotional-arousal-visual-memory.asp

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Nulliparity and late menopause are associated with decreased cognitive decline.

Changes in Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores were examined over a median of 12.8 years in a population of 361 community-dwelling postmenopausal women who had never received estrogen replacement therapy. In a linear regression model that took ...
Robert N McLay, Pauline M Maki, Constantine G Lyketsos (J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci, 2003SPRING)
nulliparity-late-menopause-associated-decreased-cognitive-decline.asp

10.

A critical review of memory stimulation programs in Alzheimers disease.

The authors describe the memory stimulation programs used in the treatment of Alzheimers disease (AD) and review their efficacy. Visual imagery, errorless learning, dyadic approaches, spaced retrieval techniques, encoding specificity with cognitive ...
Eric Grandmaison, Martine Simard (J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci, 2003SPRING)
critical-review-memory-stimulation-programs-alzheimer-s-disease.asp