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Lead
Chuanfu Song
With
Wuhu Fourth People's Hospital affiliated with Bengbu Medical University
Age
1–65
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Aged 18-65 years;
Meeting the diagnostic criteria for chronic schizophrenia in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV)
Current remission of psychotic symptoms. The patients had a relatively stable mental state in the past 4 weeks, with a total score of ≤60 points and a score of ≤4 points on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS)\[15\], and there were no signs of acute psychotic symptoms. To ensure that patients were included in the chronic phase, only patients who had been diagnosed with schizophrenia for ≥1 year were recruited, thus avoiding confusion with acute phase cases;
Receiving monotherapy with antipsychotic drugs, such as clozapine.
You may not be if
Pregnant or lactating women;
Patients allergic to buspirone;
Patients previously diagnosed with cognitive impairment, such as dementia or intellectual disability;
Patients with a history of other brain injuries or diseases, such as stroke, traumatic brain injury, epilepsy or intracranial infection;
Patients with severe liver or kidney insufficiency;
Patients with severe physical diseases or other mental illnesses, such as bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, alcohol or substance dependence;
Patients with a history of using drugs that affect cognitive function during the study period or those who need to adjust the existing treatment regimen;
Patients who are unable to cooperate with cognitive function tests or have poor treatment compliance.
