Prediction of Functional Outcome 18 Months After a First Psychotic Episode
Author(s) -
Stephen J. Wood,
Gregor Berger,
Martin Lambert,
Philippe Conus,
Dennis Velakoulis,
Geoffrey W. Stuart,
Patricia Desmond,
Patrick D. McGorry,
Christos Pantelis
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
archives of general psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3636
pISSN - 0003-990X
DOI - 10.1001/archpsyc.63.9.969
Subject(s) - psychosis , psychology , frontal lobe , global assessment of functioning , white matter , positive and negative syndrome scale , phosphocreatine , prefrontal cortex , medicine , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , magnetic resonance imaging , psychiatry , cognition , energy metabolism , radiology
Recent magnetic resonance imaging studies have attempted to relate volumetric brain measurements in early schizophrenia to clinical and functional outcome some years later. These studies have generally been negative, perhaps because gray and white matter volumes inaccurately assess the underlying dysfunction that might be predictive of outcome.
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