The relationships between sociodemographic, psychosocial and clinical variables with personal-stigma in patients diagnosed with schizophrenia.

Background: Studies suggest that people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia are one of the most stigmatized groups in society.

Aim: To comprehensively analyze personal stigma in patients diagnosed with schizophrenia.

Method: Data were obtained from 89 patients.

Staging of depressive disorders: Relevance of resistance to treatment and residual symptoms.

Background: Clinical staging model for depression helps to better define the clinical situation of patients. The objectives of this study are: to correlate the Hetrick's staging model of depression with the severity of depression, associated disability, and resistance to treatment in the established disease stages and to test the modification introduced by our group consisting in the introduction of a substage for recurrence from a previous episode that was stabilized with a complete remission.

Methods: A Cross-sectional study with 133 adult subjects having a current and primary diagnosis of Depressive disorder was developed.

Validation of the spanish version of the discrimination and stigma scale (DISC 12).

Aims: The "Discrimination and Stigma Scale" (DISC) was the first instrument specifically designed to evaluate reported experiences of discrimination by people with mental disorders. This study aims to validate DISC-12 version in Spanish population with Schizophrenia and, as specific objectives, to do the external validation with the Self-Stigma Questionnaire (SSQ) scale and Link PDD scale and to validate their internal consistency, temporal and inter-rater reliability.

Methods: 86 individuals with schizophrenia were interviewed at two time points (between one to two weeks) by two raters.

Diffusion Tensor Imaging Measures of Brain Connectivity for the Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease.

The prognostic capacity of the diffusion tensor imaging measures fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean diffusivity (MD) to detect mild cognitive impairment (MCI) progression to Alzheimer's disease (AD) was assessed in 135 MCI patients and 72 healthy subjects over a median follow-up of 40 months. Forty-nine MCI patients (36.3%) developed AD.

Neuropsychological findings in recent onset schizophrenia and borderline personality disorder: a comparison study.

Introduction: Neurocognitive impairment is considered an essential symptom of schizophrenia, particularly in its early stages. Nonetheless, the neuropsychological features of borderline personality disorder (BPD) could cast doubt on the specificity of neurocognitive dysfunctions. The aim of this study is to determine whether neurocognitive deficits are specific to schizophrenia-spectrum conditions as compared to a similarly severe psychiatric illness like BPD.

Diagnostic features of the cycloid psychoses in a first psychotic episode sample.

Introduction: The cycloid psychoses have not been included in the modern classifications-what makes scientific research difficult. The aim of the present study is to investigate the presence and specific characteristics of the cycloid psychoses in a broad sample of first psychotic episodes.

Methods: Seventy patients diagnosed with one-year first schizophrenia episode, schizophreniform disorder, or schizoaffective disorder were studied (mean age, 27.

[Neuropsychological rehabilitation in patients with borderline personality disorder: a case series].

Recent research studies have been confirming the evidence that patients with personality borderline disorder (BPD) suffer significant neuropsychological disorders. Neurocognitive dysfunction of BPD seems to mainly affect the functions characteristic of the prefrontal areas that participate in information processing and management and in the regulation of complex behavioral responses. Neuropsychological disorders not only are seen in the specific tests but are also reflected and could play an important role in the clinical manifestations of borderline disorder, such as emotional dysregulation and impulsive behaviors.

[Neuropsychological dysfunctions in personality borderline disorder: detection strategies].

Introduction: Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is characterized by emotional instability and impulsivity. However, there is evidence that neurocognitive alterations have a relevant role in the clinical features of these patients. The present study investigates cognitive function in BPD in order to search for a specific profile of neuropsychological alterations.