Journal of Psychiatry

Ariela Gigi

Publications

• Research Article
  Visual Impairment Affects the Perception of Reality: Visual Processing Deficits among Adolescents with Schizophrenia
  Author(s): Ariela Gigi, Daniela Karni and Oren EilamAriela Gigi, Daniela Karni and Oren Eilam
  
  Background: One important diagnostic characteristic of schizophrenia is reality-testing impairment. Since the disease usually breaks out during adolescence, we hypothesized that visual processes that normally develop during adolescence will be affected in schizophrenic adolescents. Method: To test this hypothesis, we tested object naming and mental rotation performance in adolescents with schizophrenia and contrasted it with the performance of two control groups of healthy adolescents and young adults. To further examine the differences during development, we compared the standard performance scores of the three research groups. Results: Comparing the adolescent patients with healthy participants of the same age, we obtained significant difference of functioning in both tests. Moreover, Performance was lower as the disease broke out at an earlier age. Conclusion: The significant corre.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/Psychiatry.1000232

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