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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.
List of contents
Part I: Behavioral impairment in schizophrenia and related disorders
1. Masking Impairments in Schizophrenia and Schizotypal Personality Disorder
2. Working Memory Impairment in Schizophrenia and Schizotypal Personality Disorder
3. Deductive Reasoning Abilities in Schizophrenia and Related Disorders: A Systematic Review
4. A Review on inductive Reasoning Abilities in Schizophrenia and Related Disorders
Part II: Recent topics in schizophrenia and related disorders
5. Religious Delusions in Psychotic Patients: Prevalence, Possible Origin and Effects
6. Urbanicity and familial liability interact and influence auditory verbal hallucinations in first-episode schizophrenia patients
7. Sexual Dysfunctions in Male Schizophrenia Patients
8. Case studies of the treatment of Schizophrenia patients
9. Prevalence of Depression in Schizophrenia and Related Disorders
10. Sleep and psychosis
About the author
Dr. Ahmed Moustafa is the Head of School of Psychology and Professor of Psychology and Computational Modeling at Bond University, Australia. He obtained his BSc in Mathematics and Computer Science at Cairo University, Egypt, and his PhD in Cognitive Science at the University of Lafayette, USA. Dr. Moustafa specializes in computational and neuropsychological studies of addiction, schizophrenia, Parkinson’s disease, PTSD, depression, and Alzheimer’s disease. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Discover Psychology (Springer) and has edited ten books, including Elsevier’s Cognitive, Clinical, and Neural Aspects of Drug Addiction; The Psychology and Neuroscience of Impulsivity; Cognitive and Behavioral Dysfunction in Schizophrenia; Mental Health Effects of COVID-19; Alzheimer’s Disease; Cybersecurity and Cognitive Science; Big Data in Psychiatry and Neurology; The Nature of Depression; and Social Cognition in Psychosis.
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"This book presents a myriad of topics related to the variety of difficulties this population experiences due to cognitive and behavioral problems. It is a useful book to help clinicians better understand the wide variety of problems individuals with schizophrenia experience beyond symptoms of psychosis." --© Doody's Review Service, 2021,Michael Easton, MD, reviewer, expert opinion
