title: Associative changes in hospitalized schizophrenics during a 16-year period.
abstract: After a mean test-retest period of 16 years a sample of 39 initially chronic as well as acute/subacute schizophrenic patients showed a statistically significant normalization of associative performance. This finding was corroborated by a cross-sectional comparison between the same 39 patients and a sample of chronic schizophrenics (n = 26)) tested 16 years ago. The findings were attributed to effects of psychotropic drugs and improved psychiatric treatment.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001244:Association; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D014936:Word Association Tests