Status:
COMPLETED
Neuropsychiatric Evaluation of Healthy Volunteers and Adults With Schizophrenia
Lead Sponsor:
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Conditions:
Brain Injury
Dementia
Eligibility:
All Genders
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the cognitive processes of participants with schizophrenia, participants with nervous system and mental disorders, and healthy volunteers. Participants in thi...
Detailed Description
In this study, we propose to administer cognitive tests to schizophrenic patients and to neurologic patients who will serve as contrast groups for neuropsychological studies of patients with schizophr...
Eligibility Criteria
INCLUSION CRITERIA
English-speaking adults between ages 21 to 65, in good health and free from significant substance abuse.
Children between ages 4 to 20 must not have a history of special education, using psychotropic medication in long-term counseling or with a history of seizures, head injury or CNS infections.
Normal controls will be recruited and screened for exclusionary morbidity by interview (e.g., no history of contact with mental health professionals, no history of diagnosable alcohol and/or substance abuse).
Normal controls will be recruited from building employees, local universities, from NIMH rosters, and the general public.
EXCLUSION CRITERIA
Excluded are adults with histories of dementing illness, movement disorder, affective disorders, developmental and/or acquired brain injury. Diagnoses will be made by review of medical records, interview, examination, and in the case of psychiatric diagnoses, a structured interview by SCID.
Advertisement will make clear that the subjects will be asked questions about family psychiatric history and their own history or psychiatric disorder, substance abuse, and neurological disease. Only if the subject answers these negatively will he or she participate in this study.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 1992
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
End Date :
August 1 2005
Estimated Enrollment :
810 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00001323
Start Date
August 1 1992
End Date
August 1 2005
Last Update
March 4 2008
Active Locations (1)
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National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892