Verbal fluency and psychiatric symptoms in geriatric schizophrenia

Evelyn Howanitz; Caryn Cicalese; Philip D. Harvey

doi:10.1016/S0920-9964(99)00137-1

Verbal fluency and psychiatric symptoms in geriatric schizophrenia

Evelyn Howanitz, Caryn Cicalese, Philip D. Harvey

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Abstract

Previous studies have demonstrated that negative symptoms are regulated by frontal brain regions. We were interested in the relationship between psychiatric symptoms and performance on a verbal fluency (VF) battery in a population of elderly schizophrenic subjects. Thirty-five elderly schizophrenic subjects were administered a neuropsycho-logical battery which included verbal fluency performance and Positive and Negative Symptom Scale (PANSS). Results showed negative symptoms to be strongly correlated with performance on tasks of VF, which may suggest that negative symptomatology in schizophrenia is related to prefrontal cortical activity. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	167-169
Number of pages	3
Journal	Schizophrenia Research
Volume	42
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0920-9964(99)00137-1
State	Published - May 5 2000
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Cognition
Negative symptoms
Neuropsychology
Schizophrenia
Verbal fluency

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Psychiatry and Mental health
Behavioral Neuroscience
Biological Psychiatry
Neurology
Psychology(all)

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