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Neuropsychological Rehabilitation Technique with a Chronic Schizophrenic Patient

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2014

Ian G. Gale
Ian G. Gale*
Affiliation:
Hunter Region Mental Health Service
*
Morisset Hospital, Morisset NSW 2264
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Abstract

Detailed neuropsychological investigation of a schizophrenic patient found a deficit in functions usually attributed to the left parieto-occipital region. Interventions designed to exercise the putatively left parieto-occipital functions (‘understanding the verbal expression of spatial relationships’) and to exercise putatively right hemisphere functions (exercises based on Edwards' — ‘Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain’) were compared. The patient demonstrated lowest levels of hallucinatory behaviour, aggressive verbal outbursts, and physical aggression during phases when right hemisphere exercises were programmed. Possible reasons for this outcome are examined.

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Research Article
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Behaviour Change , Volume 7 , Issue 4 , December 1990 , pp. 179 - 184
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Copyright © The Author(s) 1990

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