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Prognostic impact of psychoeducation program completion on inpatients with schizophrenia: a pilot cohort study
Schizophrenia 6 min.
Schizophrenia is a severe chronic mental disorder characterized by heterogeneous clusters of behavioral, emotional, and cognitive symptoms that are frequently intractable to current psychiatric therapies. As a result, patients require long-term monitoring and pharmacotherapy, including antipsychotic...
Impaired insight in schizophrenia is associated with higher frontoparietal cerebral blood flow: an arterial spin labeling study
Schizophrenia 5 min.
Impaired insight into illness, which is defined as partial or complete lack of awareness of one’s illness, symptoms, or need for treatment1, is a common characteristic of schizophrenia occurring in up to 98% of patients depending on the stage of illness2,3. Impaired insight is a predictor of treatment...
Canonical correlation analysis of family burden of disease and quality of life in caregivers of people living with schizophrenia: evidence from Schizophrenia-specific cohort in the less-developed multi-ethnic region of Southwest China
Schizophrenia 5 min.
Quality of life (QOL) is a multi-dimensional concept that involves individual’s perceived physical and mental health, environment, and social relationships. World Health Organization Quality of Life Group defines it as the experience of individuals in different cultures and value systems of existential...
“Aging Amplifies Challenges”: A Descriptive Phenomenological Exploration of the Lived Experiences and Needs of Elderly Individuals With Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia 8 min.
Older patients face intensified challenges in symptom management and comorbidities, increasing their sense of alienation and invisibility. This study highlights the deep emotional suffering and social isolation older adults diagnosed with schizophrenic endure, worsened by poor access to welfare systems. It...
