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

Biography

Dr. Natarajan Shanmugasundaram is currently serving as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychiatry established uder the Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research located in the Chennai state 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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