Objective: To explore cognitive dysfunction in patients wi th schizophrenia Methods: 21 first onset patients with schizophr e niform disorder and 26 patients with chronic schizophrenia were studied with Wis consin Card Sorting Test (WCST), Semantic Fluency Test, Association Learning, Co mprehension, Similarity and Digit Span Test 22 normal controls also received t h ese tests Results: Both patients' groups did worse on above te st s than normal control The first onset patients were impaired cognitively as th e chronic schizophrenics in all tests except for Association Learning No correl a tion was found between result of WCST and other neuropsychological tests Conclusion: Schizophrenic patients are cognitively impaired early in t he course of psychosis

Object:To compare the personality and therapeutic effect in stutters with different genders Method:One hundred and fifty-nine patients with stutter and 110 normal control were included MMPI, EPQ, SAS, SDS were applied to all subjects Therapeutic effect was assessed after training Results:Compared with normal control, patients had higher scores in SAS, SDS, N score of EPQ and lower E score in EPQ Female patients had higher score in SAS and SDS than male patients After training, the SAS and SDS scores declined in both genders, with no difference between male and female patients Conclusion:Stutters are more anxious and depressed than normal, especially for female patients Special training is effective not only in symptom of stutter, but also in bad mood