BACKGROUND: Depressive symptoms require accurate recognition and monitoring in
clinical practice of patients with schizophrenia. Depression instruments developed for use in …

We focused on the application of antidepressants in schizophrenia treatment in this review.
Augmentation of antidepressants with antipsychotics is a common clinical practice to treat …

Objective: This study sought to identify similarities and differences in symptom
characteristics at initial presentation of first psychotic episodes in schizophrenia, bipolar …

BackgroundAntidepressants are frequently prescribed in patients with psychotic disorders,
but little is known about their effects in routine clinical practice. The objective was to …

Objectives: Personality disorder functioning styles might contribute to the inconclusive
findings about alexithymic features in schizophrenia. We therefore studied the relationship …

Objective: Smoking prevalence rates are elevated in individuals with schizophrenia
spectrum disorders (SSD) compared with the general population, with attendant …

Background: Depressive symptoms are common in schizophrenia and they can occur during
any phase of the disorder. Some authors report an association between depression in …

Depressive symptoms are common in schizophrenia and they can occur during any phase
of the disorder. Early diagnosis, adequate differential diagnosis and promptly initiated …

Diagnosing schizoaffective disorder poses unique challenges due to both its history as a
“catch-all” diagnosis and recent changes to the diagnostic criteria. The Diagnostic and …

Background: Patients with first episode schizophrenia may present in a variety of clinical
settings to providers who have a range of knowledge and skills. A thoughtful workup of …