Schizophrenic Patients
Conditions
Brief summary
This study aims to identify electrophysiological correlates of impaired perceptual and linguistic processes in chronic schizophrenic patients, un-medicated first-episode schizophrenic patients and their healthy relatives. Following administrating some questionnaires (demographic details and psychiatric history questionnaire, handedness questionnaire, reading abilities test and positive and negative symptoms questionnaire) and performing a perception test and a verbal abstract intelligence test, participants will conduct a brain scan during a series of perceptual and linguistic tasks.
Interventions
Conducting a brain scan during a series of perceptual and linguistic tasks
Sponsors
Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Shalvata Mental Health Center
Study design
Observational model
CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria for chronic patients: * Hebrew native speakers. * Diagnosis of schizophrenia with a history of more than one episode. * Capable and willing to provide informed consent. Inclusion criteria for naive patients: * Hebrew native speakers. * Diagnosis of schizophrenia with a history of only one episode and unmedicated. * Capable and willing to provide informed consent. Inclusion criteria for patients' relatives (control group 1): * Hebrew native speakers. * Without any psychiatric history. * Have a child and/or a sibling with schizophrenia. Inclusion Criteria for students (control group 2): * Hebrew native speakers. * Without any psychiatric history.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Magnetic field amplitude and source | 45 minutes |
Countries
Israel
Contacts
Primary ContactMaor Zeev-Wolf, M.A.
Outcome results
None listed