Morphological, Structural and Functional Neural Substrates of Quality of Life in Schizophrenia

Public Assistance-Hospitals of Marseille (AP-HM)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Schizophrenia

Treatments: Other: EVALUATION NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL; Device: Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01295411

2010-29 (Other Identifier)

2010-A01421-38

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the investigators analysis is to identify the neural correlates of quality of life scores in schizophrenia. For this, the investigators will constitute group of patients according to their quality of life scores and the investigators will analyze their differences in patterns of brain structures and activations.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• diagnosis of schizophrenia according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) criteria (American Psychiatric Association(APA), 1994),
• age over 18 years,
• informed consent to participate in the studies
• French as native language

Exclusion criteria

• diagnosis other than schizophrenia on Axis I of DSM-IV,
• decompensated organic disease and mental retardation

Trial design

100 participants in 1 patient group

schizophrenia PATIENTS

Other group

Treatment:

Other: EVALUATION NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL

Device: Magnetic Resonance Imaging