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.

Acute treatment of cycloid psychosis: study on a sample of naive hospitalized patients with first-episode psychosis (FEP).

Introduction: In spite of the historic, clinical and therapeutic importance of cycloid psychosis, no controlled studies have been performed as yet on its treatment. Electroconvulsive therapy has classically been the treatment of choice and the first generation antipsychotics have not been indicated. This study has aimed to analyze the acute treatment (and response to it) of cycloid psychoses.

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.

[Mistreatment: detection of mistreatment in a sample feminine population].

The authors identify possible psychological mistreatment and symptoms of anxiety and depression in a sample of women who were attended to in the "Sant Josep" Primary Health Care Center in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat in Barcelona Province between February and June 2005 by means of an observational, descriptive and transversal study with a consecutive study of women older than 18 who were attended to by nurses for whatever health problem they had or who filed administrative paperwork. Data was obtained through the use of a self-administering questionnaire on which these items were recorded: social-health variables, symptoms of anxiety and depression, and questions elaborated ad hoc in order to identify mistreatment. More than half of the study participants complied with the criteria used to indicate symptoms of anxiety and depression, which recommended a follow-up session.