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01-05-2015 | Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders (SJ Siegel, Section Editor)

Ophthalmology Issues in Schizophrenia

Authors: Carolina P. B. Gracitelli, Ricardo Y. Abe, Alberto Diniz-Filho, Fabiana Benites Vaz-de-Lima, Augusto Paranhos Jr., Felipe A. Medeiros

Published in: Current Psychiatry Reports | Issue 5/2015

Abstract

Schizophrenia is a complex mental disorder associated with not only cognitive dysfunctions, such as memory and attention deficits, but also changes in basic sensory processing. Although most studies on schizophrenia have focused on disturbances in higher-order brain functions associated with the prefrontal cortex or frontal cortex, recent investigations have also reported abnormalities in low-level sensory processes, such as the visual system. At very early stages of the disease, schizophrenia patients frequently describe in detail symptoms of a disturbance in various aspects of visual perception that may lead to worse clinical symptoms and decrease in quality of life. Therefore, the aim of this review is to describe the various studies that have explored the visual issues in schizophrenia.

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Title: Ophthalmology Issues in Schizophrenia
Authors: Carolina P. B. Gracitelli
Ricardo Y. Abe
Alberto Diniz-Filho
Fabiana Benites Vaz-de-Lima
Augusto Paranhos Jr.
Felipe A. Medeiros
Publication date: 01-05-2015
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Current Psychiatry Reports / Issue 5/2015
Print ISSN: 1523-3812
Electronic ISSN: 1535-1645
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-015-0569-x

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