Schizophrenia is a neurodevelopmental disorder with genetic predisposition, and stress has
long been linked to its etiology. While stress affects all stages of the illness, increasing …

The causal mechanisms and treatment for the negative symptoms and cognitive dysfunction
in schizophrenia are the main issues attracting the attention of psychiatrists over the last …

Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness that affects~ 1% of the world's population. It is
clinically characterized by positive, negative, and cognitive symptoms. Currently available …

Although the clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR) paradigm has become well-established
over the past two decades, one key component has received surprisingly little investigative …

The profound economic burden of schizophrenia is due, in part, to the negative symptoms of
the disease, which can severely limit daily functioning. There is much debate in the field …

Methods: Blood samples (n= 100 for schizophrenia, n= 100 for bipolar I disorder and n= 127
for case control) were collected from individuals unrelated in the southwest of Iran. The …

Objective Cognitive impairment is an essential feature of schizophrenia; however, the
relationship between clinical psychiatric symptoms with cognitive impairment is still unclear …

Objective This study aims to compare cognitive function and social functioning in male
schizophrenia patients with deficit syndrome (DS) and non-DS, and to explore the …

Purpose Although there is previous evidence supporting that ultra-high risk (UHR) for
psychosis transformation is associated with NRG1, DAOA, and DISC1 genes, there have …

Objectives: To test the association of 45 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with
transition to psychiatric disorders in a cohort of individuals at ultrahigh risk (UHR) mental …