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Lead
VA Office of Research and Development
Age
18–60
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
All patients must be diagnosed with Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder, or Psychosis not otherwise specified (NOS) according to Diagnosis and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV) criteria. In addition, the subjects will meet the following criteria:
Between 18 and 60 years of age
Estimated premorbid intelligence quota \> 70 (based on reading ability)
Understand spoken English sufficiently to comprehend testing procedures
Clinically stable (e.g., no inpatient hospitalization in the 8 weeks prior to enrollment, no significant changes in medication in the 4 weeks prior to enrollment, and none anticipated for the 3 months of participation)
In sufficient health to be able to walk outdoors unaided for at least 15 minutes.
You may not be if
No clinically significant neurological disease as determined by medical history
No history of serious head injury (e.g., loss of consciousness longer than 1 hour)
No physical, cognitive, or language impairment of such severity as to adversely affect the validity of data
No evidence of drug or alcohol dependence in the past six months, and not intoxicated at time of testing based on urine toxicology screen and saliva alcohol test strip. Subjects who test positive will not be disqualified but instead will be asked to return for testing on a different day. However, subjects who test positive on 3 consecutive occasions will be disqualified from the study.
