%0 Journal Article
%T Avalia£¿£¿o de aspectos cognitivos em homens portadores de esquizofrenia em tratamento com haloperidol ou clozapina
%A Johann
%A Rejane Veiga Oliveira
%A Vaz
%A C¨ªcero E.
%J Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria
%D 2006
%I Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
%R 10.1590/S0047-20852006000300005
%X objective: evaluate from a psychological point of view cognitive aspects of schizophrenic patients, associated with the antipsychotic medicine type taken. methods: the study analyzed three groups: group 1 patients medicated with haloperidol (n = 14); group 2 - patients medicated with clozapine (n =16). groups 1 and 2 were schizophrenic men under psychiatric treatment at hospital de cl¨ªnicas de porto alegre (hcpa). the age of all subjects ranged from 18 to 59 years. the following tools were used in the study: the operational checklist for psychotic illness (opcrit) to diagnose schizophrenia, and the rorschach technique. the rorschach data was subject to a variance analysis (anova) followed by a bonferroni test with a confidence interval of p < 0.05. results: group 1 presented f+ < 80%; fk < kf + k; fc < cf + c. group 2 presented f+ > 80%; fk = kf + k; fc > cf + c. both groups presented sf within the clinical range considered normal. conclusion: the results show that patients medicated with clozapine present a relative capacity to participate on activities and tasks. besides, they can control impulses and instincts by intellectual means in a superior fashion than patients medicated with haloperidol. finally, it was also concluded that clozapine users present a greater ability to tolerate frustration, and a better general intellectual performance than haloperidol users.
%K rorschach
%K schizophrenia
%K antipsychotic medication.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0047-20852006000300005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en