Schizophrenia
Conditions
Interventions
One NFB session in fMRI scanner will be conducted once a day, and 5 days a week. After 5-10 sessions (in one or 2 weeks), symptoms and conditions of participants will be evaluated.
N-back cognitive
Sponsors
Kyoto University
Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Participants need to be outpatients of department of psychiatry, Kyoto University. 2. Participants need to be diagnosed as schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, or schizophrenia spectrum in DSM-IV-TR or DSM-V. 3. Participants need to have normal or corrected visual acuity. 4. Age at the time of enrolment need to be over 20 years old and under 50 years old. 5. Participants need to give informed consent by themselves on paper.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. User of cardiac pacemaker 2. User of brain vascular clip 3. User of electric stimulator for neurons 4. User of implanted pump in body 5. One having remaining metallic piece in one's body 6. One having tattoo 7. One having treatment with electroconvulsive therapy 8. One having comorbid disorder below, Seizure or other neurological disease Substance related disorders Severe heart disease 9. One having past history below, Seizure or other neurological disease Substance related disorders Brain injury with loss of consciousness 10. Female having possibility of pregnancy. Female having breast-feeding. Male of Female not using birth control during research 11. One having been judged as inappropriate for research by researcher and doctors.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Positive and Negative Symptoms Scale (PANSS) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) The Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia (BACS) | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactYujiro Yoshihara
Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry
Outcome results
None listed