Orienting Response Research in Schizophrenia: Where We Have Come and Where We Might Go

This review and critique of orienting response (OR) research in schizophrenia examines the initial Western work, outlines current positions, and notes several areas in which further lines of research are needed. Discussion involves characteristics of schizophrenic patients who are OR nonresponders;...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Schizophrenia bulletin 1987, Vol.13 (4), p.623-641
Main Author: Bernstein, Alvin S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arousal
Attention
Biological and medical sciences
Child Psychiatry
Cognitive Ability
Emotional Adjustment
Human
Humans
Medical sciences
Methodology
Miscellaneous
Orientation
Orienting Responses
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Risk Factors
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia - genetics
Schizophrenic Psychology
Techniques and methods
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:This review and critique of orienting response (OR) research in schizophrenia examines the initial Western work, outlines current positions, and notes several areas in which further lines of research are needed. Discussion involves characteristics of schizophrenic patients who are OR nonresponders; OR nonresponding as a possible trait marker; the question of OR nonresponding in child patients; the association between negative symptoms and OR nonresponding as well as the possible existence of a specific subgroup marked by emotional withdrawal and cognitive disorganization; slow habituation as a prognostic index in high-risk children and adult acute patients; the need for research into defensive and startle responses as well as the OR, and possible interactions among them; electroencephalographic-autonomic differences in OR; and the need to explore the functional meaning of OR nonresponding in schizophrenia.
ISSN:0586-7614
1745-1701
DOI:10.1093/schbul/13.4.623