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The clinical and therapeutic potentials of dehydroepiandrosterone and pregnenolone in schizophrenia by Ritsner, M.S

“…Abstract Neurosteroids such as dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), pregnenolone (PREG), and their sulfates (DHEAS and PREGS) display multiple effects on the central…”
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Environment and vulnerability to major psychiatric illness : a case control study of early parental loss in major depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia by AGID, O, SHAPIRA, B, ZISLIN, J, RITSNER, M, HANIN, B, MURAD, H, TROUDART, T, BLOCH, M, HERESCO-LEVY, U, LERER, B

“…The current focus on identifying genes which predispose to psychiatric illness sharpens the need to identify environmental factors which interact with genetic…”
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P.3.d.014 Adjunctive pregnenolone and L-theanine as a novel therapeutic strategy in schizophrenia by Ritsner, M, Kardashev, A, Ratner, Y

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P.3.f.004 Remission structure in 10-year course of schizophrenia: a naturalistic study by Ritsner, M, Ratner, Y, Gibel, A

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Quality of Life and Coping with Schizophrenia Symptoms: Quality of Life and Coping by M. Ritsner, I. Ben-Avi, A. Ponizovsky, I. Timinsky, E. Bistrov, I. Modai

“…The question addressed in this paper is whether different coping styles mediate the relationship between psychopathology and related distress and the quality…”
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Differences in quality of life domains and psychopathologic and psychosocial factors in psychiatric patients by RITSNER, Michael, MODAI, Ilan, ENDICOTT, Jean, RIVKIN, Olga, NECHAMKIN, Yakov, BARAK, Peretz, GOLDIN, Vladimir, PONIZOVSKY, Alexander

“…Although treatment of severe mental disorders should strive to optimize quality of life (QOL) for the individual patient, little is known about variations in…”
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Subjective Quality of Life in Severely Mentally Ill Patients: A Comparison of Two Instruments by Ritsner, M, Kurs, R, Kostizky, H, Ponizovsky, A, Modai, I

“…Although many quality of life (QOL) scales have been developed, comparison of specific QOL instruments is lacking. We compared the psychometric properties of…”
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Gender differences in psychosocial risk factors for psychological distress among immigrants by Ritsner, M., Ponizovsky, A., Nechamkin, Y., Modai, I.

“…The reasons for a greater prevalence of psychological distress among women than men remain unknown. We sought to test two hypotheses that gender operates…”
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Phospholipid patterns of erythrocytes in schizophrenia: relationships to symptomatology by Ponizovsky, A.M., Modai, I., Nechamkin, Y., Barshtein, G., Ritsner, M.S., Yedgar, S., Lecht, S., Bergelson, L.D.

“…The phospholipid composition of red blood cells (RBC) from 32 haloperidol-treated schizophrenic patients, classified according to the positive and negative…”
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Suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among immigrant adolescents from the former Soviet Union to Israel by Ponizovsky, A M, Ritsner, M S, Modai, I

“…A community survey was conducted to examine suicidal ideation and suicide attempts, behavior problems, psychological distress, social support, and adjustment…”
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Aggregability of Red Blood Cells of Schizophrenia Patients With Negative Syndrome Is Selectively Enhanced by Barshtein, Gregory, Ponizovsky, Alexander M, Nechamkin, Yakov, Ritsner, Michael, Yedgar, Saul, Bergelson, Lev D

“…Schizophrenia patients can be categorized into positive and negative syndromes (PS and NS) by the behavioral criteria of the Positive and Negative Syndrome…”
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Is the WKL1 gene associated with schizophrenia? by Kaganovich, M., Peretz, A., Ritsner, M., Bening Abu-Shach, U., Attali, B., Navon, R.

“…A missense mutation Leu309Met in the WKL1 (MLC1, KIAA0027) gene, mapped to 22q13.3, was reported to co‐segregate with periodic catatonic schizophrenia (SCZ) in…”
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Changing patterns of distress during the adjustment of recent immigrants: a 1-year follow-up study by Ritsner, M., Ponizovsky, A., Ginath, Y.

“…A sample of 419 recent immigrants from the former Soviet Union to Israel was assessed, with a 1‐year follow‐up of 199 of these subjects. The Immigration…”
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Pindolol augmentation in aggressive schizophrenic patients: a double-blind crossover randomized study by Caspi, N, Modai, I, Barak, P, Waisbourd, A, Zbarsky, H, Hirschmann, S, Ritsner, M

“…Treatment of aggression in schizophrenic patients is a major challenge. We sought to examine the efficacy of augmentation of antipsychotic treatment with…”
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Suicide Ideation among Recent Immigrants to Israel from the former Soviet Union: An Epidemiological Survey of Prevalence and Risk Factors by Ponizovsky, Alexander M., Ritsner, Michael S.

“…This paper reports results of a national community survey of self‐reported suicide ideation and attempts and their relation to psychological distress,…”
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Predicting changes in domain-specific quality of life of schizophrenia patients by RITSNER, Michael

“…The author sought to determine domain-specific quality of life (QOL) changes over time and to identify predictors of change in life satisfaction among…”
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Validation of the Computerized Suicide Risk Scale – a backpropagation neural network instrument (CSRS-BP) by Modai, I, Ritsner, M, Kurs, R, Mendel, S, Ponizovsky, A

“…Background. Medically serious suicide attempts have been recognized as the most important predictor of suicide. The Computerized Suicide Risk Scale based on…”
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THE CLINICAL AND THERAPEUTIC POTENTIALS OF DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE AND PREGNENOLONE IN SCHIZOPHRENIA: Neuroactive Steroids: Focus on Human Brain by RITSNER, M. S

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Psychological distress among Ethiopian and Russian Jewish immigrants to Israel: a cross-cultural study by Ponizovsky, A, Ginath, Y, Durst, R, Wondimeneh, B, Safro, S, Minuchin-Itzigson, S, Ritsner, M

“…A community survey was conducted examining the differences in levels of psychological distress and its symptomatology, comparing 110 Ethiopian-Jewish and 400…”
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Clinical Evaluation of Prior Suicide Attempts and Suicide Risk in Psychiatric Inpatients by Modai, I, Hirschmann, S, Hadjez, J, Bernat, C, Gelber, D, Ratner, Y, Rivkin, O, Kurs, R, Ponizovsky, A, Ritsner, M

“…Background: In practice psychiatrists rely on their own experience and intuition to evaluate the suicide potential of individual patients, but the algorithms…”
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