Publications by authors named "G Foussias"
Background: Given the widespread adoption of smartphone technologies, digital health strategies to address schizophrenia spectrum disorders hold considerable promise. However, there are relatively few trials of digital health interventions for schizophrenia. The App for Independence (A4i) is a multi-function digital platform co-designed by people with schizophrenia, their families, and service providers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an evidence-based treatment for schizophrenia when anti-psychotic medications do not sufficiently control symptoms of psychosis or rapid response is required. Little is known about how it is used in routine clinical practice. The aim of this study was to identify the association of demographic and clinical characteristics with administration of ECT for schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD).
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- This study examined the neural connections associated with depressive and negative symptoms in schizophrenia spectrum disorders using data from neuroimaging and a trial of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS).
- By analyzing the data, three distinct functional brain circuitry patterns were identified that correspond to different symptom profiles: a general depressive factor, a factor for negative symptoms, and a guilt-related depression factor.
- The findings highlight the complexity of these symptoms and suggest that rTMS can effectively reduce general depressive symptoms, but not those specifically related to guilt or negative symptoms.
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- Digital mental health is expanding, particularly in enhancing access to care for individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders, despite less research in this area compared to other mental health conditions.
- The review aims to analyze existing literature on how personal technologies (like phones and apps) can be used to support specialized care for schizophrenia, identifying both opportunities and challenges in integrating these technologies.
- A scoping review was conducted, resulting in 999 studies, from which 92 relevant publications were selected; the most common focus was on multitechnology interventions and smartphone apps, with no studies addressing wearable technologies.
Multivariate Association Between Functional Connectivity Gradients and Cognition in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders.
Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging
September 2024
Background: Schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSDs), which are characterized by social cognitive deficits, have been associated with dysconnectivity in unimodal (e.g., visual, auditory) and multimodal (e.
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