Journal of Depression and Anxiety
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Department of Clinical Psychology, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, India

Biography

Dr. Akshaya Kanna is currently serving at the Department of Clinical Psychology established under the Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research located in Chennai region of Indian Sub-continent. He has authored many publications and attended the conferences.

Publications

• Research   
  Cognitive Functions in Children of Persons with Schizophrenia
  Author(s): Ravindran OS*, Natarajan Shanmugasundaram, Sathianathan Ramanathan and Akshaya Kannan
  
  Background: Cognitive deficits are a central feature of schizophrenia and occur in high-risk relatives of the patients. Aim: We aimed to investigate whether children at-risk for schizophrenia also present neurocognitive deficits that are commonly observed in patients with schizophrenia. Settings and Design: In a cross-sectional study, we assessed neurocognitive functioning in 15 at–risk children of schizophrenia patients with an equal number of healthy controls. Materials and Methods: Offspring at-risk were compared with the control group on the measures of intelligence, verbal comprehension, perceptual reasoning, working memory, processing speed (assessed with Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children – Fourth (India Edition), verbal working memory (Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test) and executive funct.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2167-1044.20.9.357

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