Current social functioning in adult-onset schizophrenia and its relation with positive symptoms.

Background: In schizophrenia, relation exists between psychopathology and social functioning.

Aim And Objectives: Determining relationship of positive symptoms with current social functioning in adult-onset (≥19 years) schizophrenia.

Materials And Methods: Eighty schizophrenia patients [ICD-10-DCR], of both sexes (18-60 years), on follow-up for ≥6 months, with no change of diagnosis and without co-morbidities, having onset of illness ≥19 years of age, accompanied by informants having contact with the patient for a period of >12 months prior the first psychiatric contact or symptom onset were assessed with SCARF- Social Functioning Index and SAPS.

Excessive daytime sleepiness in psychiatric disorders: Prevalence, correlates and clinical significance.

This study examined the prevalence of excessive daytime sleepiness, as measured by the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), in a cohort of adult psychiatric patients. A total of 300 psychiatric outpatients and an additional 300 healthy controls completed the ESS. Excessive sleepiness was defined by a score of > or =10.

A Preliminary Study of Rehabilitation Needs of In-patients and Out-patients with Schizophrenia.

Assessment of needs of patients with schizophrenia permits practitioners to prioritize, formulate and implement rehabilitation goals. Negative symptoms have been shown to present greater obstacles to effective rehabilitation. The study compared the rehabilitation needs of in and out-patients with schizophrenia, and its relationship with negative symptoms.