Difference of Symptoms Networks in Early and Late Phase Schizophrenia; A Cross-Sectional Network Analysis.

Objective: The functional remission or recovery of schizophrenia patients is a challenging task which relies on pharmacotherapy but also on the timing of psychotherapy and other therapeutic interventions. The study aimed to assess the difference in strength and structure of symptoms networks between early and late phase schizophrenia. Our secondary objective was to check whether the overall, positive, negative, and general symptoms severity change over the course of treatment and disorder.

Significantly lower right middle cerebral artery blood flow velocity in the first episode of psychosis during neurocognitive testing.

Background: Changes in cerebral hemodynamics have been reported in schizophrenia and proposed as underlying the cognitive deficits seen in patients. The objective of our study was to compare changes of the cerebral blood flow velocity (BFV) during neurocognitive tasks between the patients with the first episode of psychosis and healthy controls.

Subjects And Methods: We recruited 46 patients with the first episode of psychosis (FEP), admitted to the University Hospital Centre Zagreb during 2016-2017 and 41 control subjects.

Medical education changes students' attitudes on psychiatry: survey among medical students in Croatia.

In Croatia, psychiatric disorders are the leading group of disorders by days of hospitalization and they are in second place according to the number of hospitalizations in the period of working age. Nevertheless, psychiatry in Croatia, as well as in the world, is one of the least attractive specialties for medical students. In this paper we determined the impact of compulsory education in psychiatry on the attitudes of medical students of the fourth year of the Zagreb school of medicine and Osijek school of medicine.

Impact of a Nursing in Psychiatry Course on Students' Attitudes Toward Mental Health Disorders.

Negative attitudes toward patients with mental illnesses are not uncommon among health professionals, and lead to poorer quality and outcomes of care. Because attitudes are formed early in life, the current study aimed to investigate if teaching psychiatry in secondary school nursing students (i.e.

Can medical students recognize depression? A survey at the Zagreb School of Medicine.

Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate medical students' knowledge and attitudes towards depression.

Methods: Students attending their final year at Zagreb School of Medicine completed a set of standardized questionnaires, including attitudes towards psychiatric medication, attitudes towards depression, and personality inventory.

Results: In total, 199 students completed the questionnaire (response rate 77 %).