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Schizophrenia & Functional Capacity
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Schizophrenia & Functional Capacity
drkamalika Sun Jan 15, 2012 2:08 pm
Which one of the following is associated with decline in functional capacity in Schizophrenia?
A. Female gender
B. Increased age
C. Poor socioeconomic status
D. Severe negative symptoms
E. Severe positive symptoms
A. Female gender
B. Increased age
C. Poor socioeconomic status
D. Severe negative symptoms
E. Severe positive symptoms
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Re: Schizophrenia & Functional Capacity
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drkamalika wrote:Which one of the following is associated with decline in functional capacity in Schizophrenia?
A. Female gender
B. Increased age
C. Poor socioeconomic status
D. Severe negative symptoms
E. Severe positive symptoms
D- Severe Negative Symptoms. Female gender, Increased age, and positive symptoms are considered good prognosis for Schizophrenia patient.
Not sure about the association of Poor Socioeconomic status and functional capacity decline in SZP.
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drkamalika Sun Jan 15, 2012 2:34 pm
Bravo Harry. poor education, poor performance in neuropsych battery and severe negative symptoms are the factors associated with poor functional capacity in Schizo.. You are right 
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drkamalika wrote:
Thanks Kamalika.
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Admin Sat Jan 21, 2012 1:48 am
High Yield Fact (related to above Question):
Any improvement in "Negative symptoms" that can be gained from atypical antipsychotics is very important -->because the long term outcome of SZP is more closely correlated with severity of negative symptoms, then it is with severity of positive symptoms.
(One of the reason for using Atypical over Typical antipsychotics)
Any improvement in "Negative symptoms" that can be gained from atypical antipsychotics is very important -->because the long term outcome of SZP is more closely correlated with severity of negative symptoms, then it is with severity of positive symptoms.
(One of the reason for using Atypical over Typical antipsychotics)
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