BACKGROUND: Cytokines play an important role in infection and inflammation and are
crucial mediators of the cross-talk between the brain and the immune system. Schizophrenia …

Many neuropsychological studies have described deficits of memory and executive functions
in patients with schizophrenia, and the severity of these deficits seems to be determinant in …

While it has become commonplace to test the various components of memory in schizophrenia
with paper-and-pencil or in-lab tasks, very little data exist on the subjective complaints of …

ObjectiveOver the last decade, the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB),
which comprises visuo-spatial tasks, has been utilized in cognitive studies of …

Computers, video games, and technological devices are part of young people’s everyday
lives. Hikikomori is a Japanese word describing a condition that mainly affects adolescents or …

An epidemic of an infectious disease such as COVID-19 is often a source of emotional
distress, even among those who have not been directly exposed to the disease. The period …

Background The treatment of schizophrenia with multiple antipsychotic drugs is common,
but the benefits and risks are not known. Methods In a randomized, double-blind study, we …

The present meta-analysis investigated the characteristics of sleep in patients with schizophrenia
without neuroleptic treatment at the time of sleep recording. The 20 selected studies …

Many studies have reported that patients with schizophrenia (SZ) can be impaired in their
pragmatic abilities, typically affecting the processing of non-literal speech acts (eg, metaphors, …

AN important issue regarding the neural basis of major depression is whether the functional
brain changes associated with the affect disturbance seen in this syndrome are similar to …