2010
Predictors of Participation in Community Outpatient Psychosocial Rehabilitation in Schizophrenia
Kurtz MM, Rose J, Wexler BE. Predictors of Participation in Community Outpatient Psychosocial Rehabilitation in Schizophrenia. Community Mental Health Journal 2010, 47: 622-627. PMID: 20676766, PMCID: PMC3046324, DOI: 10.1007/s10597-010-9343-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLower verbal fluency scoresVerbal fluency scoresSchizoaffective disorderPsychosocial rehabilitation programsVerbal learningVerbal abilityNeurocognitive factorsVisual vigilanceVerbal fluencyFluency scoresNeurocognitive assessmentDSM-IV schizophreniaSymptom measuresPsychosocial rehabilitationPredictors of participationDemographic variablesSchizophreniaFinal multivariate modelRehabilitation programGreater likelihoodRace/ethnicityStudy entryFluencyDisordersMeasures
2008
Symptoms versus neurocognition as predictors of change in life skills in schizophrenia after outpatient rehabilitation
Kurtz MM, Wexler BE, Fujimoto M, Shagan DS, Seltzer JC. Symptoms versus neurocognition as predictors of change in life skills in schizophrenia after outpatient rehabilitation. Schizophrenia Research 2008, 102: 303-311. PMID: 18495433, PMCID: PMC2519168, DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2008.03.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActivities of Daily LivingAdultAmbulatory CareCognition DisordersCognitive Behavioral TherapyFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedNeuropsychological TestsPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesPsychotic DisordersSchizophreniaSchizophrenic PsychologyTherapy, Computer-AssistedVerbal LearningConceptsEveryday life skillsPerformance-based measuresLife skillsVerbal learningVerbal abilityCognitive rehabilitation interventionLongitudinal studyPredictors of changeMeasures of symptomsCognitive interventionsVisual vigilanceSustained vigilanceProcessing speedNeurocognitive deficitsNeurocognitive functionNegative symptomsBody of literatureNeurocognitionSkillsRehabilitation interventionsSchizoaffective disorderOutpatient rehabilitationCurrent studySchizophreniaRehabilitation strategies
2004
Test–retest stability of neuropsychological testing and individual differences in variability in schizophrenia outpatients
Greig T, Nicholls SS, Wexler BE, Bell MD. Test–retest stability of neuropsychological testing and individual differences in variability in schizophrenia outpatients. Psychiatry Research 2004, 129: 241-247. PMID: 15661317, DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2004.09.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeurocognitive functionImpact of treatmentTest-retest variabilityClinical trialsNeuropsychological testingStable outpatientsSchizoaffective disorderMeasures of psychopathologyTest-retest changesMost subjectsSchizophrenia outpatientsBaseline measuresNeuropsychological testsSchizophrenia researchTest-retest stabilityOutpatientsReliable instrumentSignificant changesTreatmentSubject variancePractice effectsSubjectsPatientsNeuropathology
1998
Word and Tone Working Memory Deficits in Schizophrenia
Wexler BE, Stevens AA, Bowers AA, Sernyak MJ, Goldman-Rakic PS. Word and Tone Working Memory Deficits in Schizophrenia. JAMA Psychiatry 1998, 55: 1093-1096. PMID: 9862552, DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.55.12.1093.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMemory testNonverbal testsVerbal testsMemory deficitsSerial position taskTests of perceptionAuditory memory testVerbal memory deficitsWorking Memory DeficitsImmediate recall taskSignificant performance deficitsRecall taskVerbal memoryPerceptual functionsSustained attentionDiscrimination taskPitch discriminationSelective deficitNormal motivationPerformance deficitsPosition taskMemory testingCognitive functionMedicated outpatientsInformation processing
1994
Affective Reactivity of Language in Stable Schizophrenic Outpatients and Their Parents
DOCHERTY N, SLEDGE W, WEXLER B. Affective Reactivity of Language in Stable Schizophrenic Outpatients and Their Parents. The Journal Of Nervous And Mental Disease 1994, 182: 313-318. PMID: 8201302, DOI: 10.1097/00005053-199406000-00001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeuroleptic exposure following inpatient treatment of acute mania with lithium and neuroleptic
Sernyak M, Griffin R, Johnson R, Pearsall H, Wexler B, Woods S. Neuroleptic exposure following inpatient treatment of acute mania with lithium and neuroleptic. American Journal Of Psychiatry 1994, 151: 133-135. PMID: 7903511, DOI: 10.1176/ajp.151.1.133.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1992
The Outpatient Treatment of Depression
WEXLER B, CICCHETTI D. The Outpatient Treatment of Depression. The Journal Of Nervous And Mental Disease 1992, 180: 277-286. PMID: 1533868, DOI: 10.1097/00005053-199205000-00001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTreatment failure rateTreatment success rateTreatment dropout ratesInitial treatmentRoutine treatmentOutpatient treatmentEffective treatmentDepressed outpatientsSide effectsClinical practiceCombined treatmentRoutine useIndividual psychotherapyMultiple studiesSuccess rateTreatmentPharmacotherapyModest advantageFailure rateDropout ratePsychotherapyUnnecessary costsPatientsOutpatients