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schizotaxia, schizotaxic
A subtle syndrome of brain dysfunction expressed, in part, as negative symptoms and neuropsychological deficits, but not as psychosis.

This syndrome is qualitatively similar, yet less severe, than that observed in schizophrenia patients.

All individuals with schizotaxia develop a personality structure, called the schizotype. Schizotype is characterized by four traits: cognitive slippage (mild thought disorder), social aversiveness, anhedonia, and ambivalence. It is thought that only a minority of schizotypal individuals decompensate into clinical schizophrenia.

The treatment of schizotaxia may benefit from methods effective in the psychotherapy of other neurodevelopmental conditions (Adult ADHD) which share some clinical features with schizotaxia.

No longer is schizotaxia considered as a theoretical construct describing the unknown neural substrate of schizophrenia, but the accumulation of research has revealed schizotaxia to be a clinically consequential condition.

Looking forward, formulating a diagnostic criteria for schizotaxia, devising diagnostic methods like genetic testing, and implementing environmental and pharmacological interventions are expected to help in the primary prevention of schizophrenia in the future.

—Excerpts from an article originally published in Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry; Ameen, S., Praharaj, S. & Sinha, V.K. (2004) "Schizotaxia: a review"; 20 (1-4), 27-34. Accessed from http://www.psyplexus.com/excl/schizotaxia.html on June 28, 2006.
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