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Morphological differences among cavum septi pellucidi obtained in patients with schizophrenia and healthy individuals: Forensic implications. A post‐mortem study
Author(s) -
FILIPOVIĆ BRANISLAV,
KOVAČEVIĆ SLOBODAN,
STOJIČIĆ MILAN,
PROSTRAN MILAN,
FILIPOVIĆ BRANKA
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2005.01341.x
Subject(s) - schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychology , psychiatry , forensic psychiatry , clinical psychology , medicine
Cavum septi pellucidi (CSP), especially when longer than 6 mm, has been recognized as a neurodevelopmental anomaly associated with schizophrenia. The present post‐mortem study was designed to determine the importance of linear parameters of CSP and to evaluate the possible differences of CSP in schizophrenic patients ( n = 25 out of 110 CSP+ brains) and normal persons ( n = 40 out of 110 CSP+ brains). According to our results, schizophrenia patients had significantly longer and wider CSP than normal individuals. Also, statistical analysis revealed a higher suicide rate in CSP‐positive patients with schizophrenia.