Exploring the relationship between motor proficiency, executive functioning, and verbal fluency in child psychiatric inpatients

1998 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-87
Author(s):  
C Swartz
Keyword(s):  
Executive Functioning ◽  
Verbal Fluency ◽  
Psychiatric Inpatients ◽  
Motor Proficiency ◽  
Child Psychiatric ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Exploring the relationship between motor proficiency, executive functioning, and verbal fluency in child psychiatric inpatients

1998 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-87
Author(s):  
C.L. Swartz ◽  
R.R. Lajiness-O'Neill ◽  
L.L. Conant ◽  
B. Giordani ◽  
E.C. Butler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Executive Functioning ◽  
Verbal Fluency ◽  
Psychiatric Inpatients ◽  
Motor Proficiency ◽  
Child Psychiatric ◽  
The Relationship

Intelligence and Emotional/Behavioral Factors as Correlates of Achievement in Child Psychiatric Inpatients

1988 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. Finch ◽  
Ronald L. Blount ◽  
Conway F. Saylor ◽  
Vicky V. Wolfe ◽  
Thomas P. Pallmeyer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Emotionally Disturbed ◽  
Psychiatric Inpatients ◽  
Behavioral Factors ◽  
Verbal Iq ◽  
Behavioral Indices ◽  
Child Psychiatric ◽  
Highly Correlated ◽  
The Relationship

This study investigated the extent to which IQ and emotional/behavioral factors were related to tested academic achievement in 56 child psychiatric inpatients. The first part of the study replicated and extended previous research; WISC—R IQs were highly correlated with tested achievement, Verbal IQs being more highly correlated with achievement than were Performance or Full Scale IQs. In the second part of the study which examined the relationship between the emotional/behavioral indices and achievement, only Trait Anxiety correlated significantly with achievement. However, after the relationship between Trait Anxiety and Verbal IQ was partialed out, the correlation between anxiety and achievement was no longer significant. These findings raise questions regarding the magnitude of the relationship between measures of emotional/behavioral status and tested academic achievement within a single sample of emotionally disturbed children and adolescents.

Phonemic Verbal Fluency and Midbrain Atrophy in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Antonina Luca ◽  
Alessandra Nicoletti ◽  
Giulia Donzuso ◽  
Claudio Terravecchia ◽  
Calogero Edoardo Cicero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Executive Functioning ◽  
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy ◽  
Verbal Fluency ◽  
Brain Mri ◽  
Executive Dysfunction ◽  
Cognitive Status ◽  
Test Time ◽  
Neuropsychological Profile ◽  
Phonemic Verbal Fluency ◽  
The Relationship

Background: The neuropsychological profile of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) patients is mainly characterized by executive dysfunction, but the relationship between the latter and midbrain atrophy is still unclear. Objective: The aims of the study were to investigate which test evaluating executive functioning is more frequently impaired in PSP patients and to evaluate the relationship between midbrain-based MRI morphometric measures and executive dysfunction. Methods: PSP patients who had undergone a neuropsychological battery assessing executive functioning with the Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB), the phonemic verbal fluency F-A-S, the Raven’s Progressive Colored Matrix, and the Stroop word colors test (time and errors) were enrolled in the study. A group of Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients matched by age, sex, education, and global cognitive status was selected. All the enrolled patients also underwent a volumetric T1-3D brain MRI. Results: Thirty-five PSP patients and 35 PD patients were enrolled. Patients with PSP as compared to patients with PD showed a significant greater impairment in verbal fluency (16.0±7.9 and 23.4±8.7 words/180 s; p <  0.001) and a significant lower score at the FAB total score (11.5±3.8 and 13.7±3.4; p = 0.013). Midbrain area was significantly smaller in PSP patients than in PD patients (83.9±20.1 and 134.5±19.9 mm2; p <  0.001). In PSP patients, a significant positive correlation between verbal fluency and the midbrain area (r = 0.421; p = 0.028) was observed. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that the phonemic verbal fluency is among the most frequently impaired executive functions in PSP patients and is strongly correlated to midbrain atrophy.

Presence and Persistence of Sleep-Related Symptoms and Suicidal Ideation in Psychiatric Inpatients

Crisis ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 398-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael R. Nadorff ◽  
Thomas E. Ellis ◽  
Jon G. Allen ◽  
E. Samuel Winer ◽  
Steve Herrera
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factor ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Inpatient Treatment ◽  
Improve Method ◽  
Sleep Problems ◽  
Psychiatric Inpatients ◽  
Poor Sleep ◽  
Treatment Termination ◽  
Suicidal Patients ◽  
The Relationship

Background: Although sleep is an important risk factor for suicidal behavior, research has yet to examine the association between sleep problems and suicidality across the course of inpatient treatment. This study examined the relationship among sleep-related symptoms and suicidal ideation across inpatient treatment. Aims: To examine whether poor sleep at admission longitudinally predicts less improvement in suicidal ideation over the course of treatment. Further, to examine whether suicidal ideation is reduced in patients whose sleep does not improve. Method: The study utilized the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)-II, which contains items measuring depressive symptoms, sleep-related symptoms, and suicidal ideation. The study sample consisted of 1,529 adult psychiatric inpatients. Patients were assessed at admission, biweekly, and at treatment termination. Results: Admission fatigue, loss of energy, and change in sleep pattern were associated with higher levels of suicidal ideation at admission and discharge. Fatigue at admission predicted suicidal ideation at termination independent of admission depression and suicidal ideation. Individuals whose sleep did not improve over the course of treatment had significantly higher suicidal ideation scores at termination relative to those whose sleep symptoms improved, after controlling for sleep, depression, and suicidal ideation scores at admission. Conclusion: These findings suggest that persistence of sleep-related symptoms warrants clinical attention in the treatment of suicidal patients.

Differences in Suicide Attempters and Ideators in Child Psychiatric Inpatients

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary E. Bodzy ◽  
Gina Liguori ◽  
Steven Barreto ◽  
Oana Costea
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Inpatients ◽  
Suicide Attempters ◽  
Child Psychiatric

scholarly journals C-42The Relation Between Verbal Fluency and Executive Functioning: An Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) Approach

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 656.1-656 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Aita ◽  
A Boettcher ◽  
B Slagel ◽  
J Holcombe ◽  
M Espenan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Executive Functioning ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Verbal Fluency

Tracking Cognitive Decline with a Serious Game: Benchmarking Against the Mini-Mental State Examination

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-10
Author(s):  
Tiffany Tong ◽  
Jacqueline Urakami ◽  
Mark Chignell ◽  
Mary C. Tierney ◽  
Jacques S. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Executive Functioning ◽  
Mental State ◽  
Cognitive Assessment ◽  
Mini Mental State Examination ◽  
Serious Game ◽  
Cognitive Speed ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Game Performance ◽  
State Examination

We are developing whack-a-mole games for cognitive assessment. In prior research, we have shown that variants of the game assess cognitive speed and executive functioning (response inhibition), and can be used to screen for delirium in emergency departments. We have also found that whack-a-mole game performance is significantly correlated with overall Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores. In this paper, we report the results of a study that assessed the relationship of our serious game for cognitive assessment with specific components of the MMSE. We found that game performance is correlated most strongly with the orientation to time items component of MMSE and that the combination of three elements of the MMSE (attention and calculation; orientation to time; repetition) accounted for almost half of the variance in game performance in our sample.

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