Cognitive and Behavioral Dysfunction in Schizophrenia

1st Edition - June 13, 2021
Imprint: Academic Press
Author: Ahmed Moustafa
Language: English
Paperback ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 0 0 0 5 - 6
eBook ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 0 3 0 6 - 6

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According to the World Health Organization, schizophrenia affects more than 21 million people worldwide, causing distortions in thinking, perception, emotions, language, sense of self, behavior, and hallucinations. Cognitive and Behavioral Dysfunction in Schizophrenia provides an overview of topics and theories related to cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia.

This book discusses what schizophrenia is and its relationship with the cognitive domains including, but not limited to, learning, working memory, attention, and both deductive and inductive reasoning. This book also reviews theories as to why some individuals develop schizophrenia following cannabis and amphetamine abuse and how these relate to additional cognitive problems. The book further discusses recent topics related to religious delusions in psychotic patients, impact of sleep on psychosis, how urban life increases the likelihood of developing schizophrenia, as well as sexual dysfunction in schizophrenia patients.

Unlike other books, Cognitive and Behavioral Dysfunction in Schizophrenia covers many cognitive domains related to the occurrence and development of positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia. Advanced students and researchers in cognitive and behavioral neuroscience, psychology, psychiatry, and psychotherapy will find it useful for a well-rounded understanding of the subject.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Contributors
Part One: Behavioral impairment in schizophrenia and related disorders
1: Masking impairments in schizophrenia and schizotypal personality disorder
Abstract
Schizophrenia
Schizotypal personality disorder
Conclusions
2: Working-memory impairment in schizophrenia and schizotypal personality disorder
Abstract
Working memory
Schizophrenia
Schizotypal personality disorder
Cognitive deficits in schizophrenia and schizotypal personality disorder
WM in schizophrenia and schizotypal personality disorder
Neural substrates of working-memory deficits in schizophrenia and schizotypal personality disorder
N-Back Paradigm
AX-Continuous Performance Task
Conclusions and future directions
3: Deductive reasoning abilities in schizophrenia and related disorders: A systematic review
Abstract
Introduction
Methods
Deductive reasoning
The Wason Card Selection Task
Thematic selection task
Conditional reasoning
Syllogism
Discussion
Summary and interpretations of results
Similarities and differences between inductive and deductive reasoning performance in schizophrenia patients
Future directions
4: A review on inductive reasoning abilities in schizophrenia and related disorders
Abstract
Introduction
Reasoning: Definition and tasks
Inductive reasoning tasks
Prior reviews on reasoning tasks
Neural correlates of reasoning
Aims
Methods
The beads task
The survey task
The Aha! Sentence task
Discussion
Part Two: Recent topics in schizophrenia and related disorders
5: Religious delusions in psychotic patients: Prevalence, possible origin, and effects
Abstract
Introduction
Methods
Results
Discussion
Limitations and future work
6: Urbanicity and familial liability interact and influence auditory verbal hallucinations in first-episode schizophrenia patients
Abstract
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Method
Results
Discussion
7: Sexual dysfunctions in male schizophrenia patients
Abstract
Introduction
Methods
Results
Discussion
Conclusion
8: Case studies of the treatment of schizophrenia patients
Abstract
Introduction
Types of case studies
Data collection in case studies
Methods
Case studies on schizophrenia
Discussion
9: Prevalence of depression in schizophrenia and related disorders
Abstract
Introduction
Schizophrenia and depression
The difficulty of diagnosis of depression in schizophrenia
Causes of depression in schizophrenia and related disorders
The treatment of depression in schizophrenia and related disorders
Conclusion
10: Sleep and psychosis
Abstract
Introduction
Sleep basics
Sleep disorders and psychosis
Cognitive alterations mediating the association between sleep and psychosis
Outstanding questions on the links between sleep and psychosis
Summary and conclusions
Index

Ahmed Moustafa

Dr. Ahmed Moustafa is a Professor of Psychology and Computational Modeling at School of Psychology, Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Prior to moving to Bond University, Ahmed was an associate professor in Psychology and Neuroscience at Marcs Institute for Brain, Behavior, and Development & School of Psychology, Western Sydney University. Ahmed is trained in computer science, psychology, neuroscience, and cognitive science. His early training took place at Cairo University in mathematics and computer science. Before joining Western Sydney University as a lab director, Ahmed spent 11 years in America working on several psychology and neuroscience projects. Ahmed conducts research on computational and neuropsychological studies of addiction, schizophrenia, Parkinson’s disease, PTSD, depression, Alzheimer’s disease. He has published over 240 papers in high-ranking journals including Science, PNAS, Journal of Neuroscience, Brain, Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, Nature (Parkinson’s disease), Neuron, among others. Ahmed has obtained grant funding from Australia, USA, Qatar, UAE, Turkey, and other countries. Ahmed has recently published ten books: (1) Computational models of brain and behavior; (2) Social Cognition in Psychosis, (3) computational Neuroscience Models of the Basal Ganglia, (4) Cognitive, Clinical, and Neural Aspects of Drug Addiction; (5) The Nature of Depression: An updated review; (6) Big data in psychiatry and neurology; (7) Alzheimer’s Disease: Understanding Biomarkers, Big Data, and Therapy. Elsevier; (8) Cognitive and Behavioral Dysfunction in Schizophrenia; (9) Female Pioneers from Ancient Egypt and the Middle East; and (10) Mental health effects of COVID-19. In the last 10 years, Ahmed has published collaboratively with 71 colleagues, has more than 510 co-authors, from 35 institutions in 14 countries. Ahmed is now Editor-in-Chief of Discover Psychology, a new journal by Springer Nature.

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School of Psychology, Faculty of Society and Design, Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

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