ATTENTIONAL PREDICTORS OF CLINICAL-CHANGE DURING NEUROLEPTIC TREATMENT IN SCHIZOPHRENIA

被引：23

作者：

SERPER, MR ^{[1
]}

DAVIDSON, M ^{[1
]}

HARVEY, PD ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] CUNY MT SINAI SCH MED,DEPT PSYCHIAT,NEW YORK,NY 10029

来源：

SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH | 1994年 / 13卷 / 01期

关键词：

SELECTIVE ATTENTION; DISTRACTABILITY; NEUROLEPTIC; (SCHIZOPHRENIA);

D O I：

10.1016/0920-9964(94)90061-2

中图分类号：

R749 [精神病学];

学科分类号：

100205 ;

摘要：

Improvement in auditory selective attention performance was examined in acute schizophrenic inpatients (n=13) both off and on medication using the digit span distraction task. Subjects were tested at drug-free baseline and weekly for three weeks during treatment with haloperidol. Improvements in distractability preceded and predicted clinical improvements. A control group of stable schizophrenic outpatients (n=12) medicated at all testing intervals were examined during the same time period. No significant clinical or attentional changes were found in the control group over the four testing intervals. These results suggest that specific types of attentional functions are intrinsically related to the biological processes affected by neuroleptic treatment and lend preliminary support to the contention that schizophrenic symptoms are mediated by attentional impairment.

引用

页码：65 / 71

页数：7

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