Cognitive improvement in first-episode schizophrenia and healthy controls: a 6-year multi-assessment follow-up study

Cognitive impairment is a core deficit in schizophrenia. Compared to healthy individuals, patients with schizophrenia show impaired cognitive functioning across a broad array of cognitive domains including attention, executive functioning, processing speed and verbal learning (Schaefer et al., 2013). These findings are consistent both in first-episode schizophrenia (FES) (Mesholam-Gately, 2009) and in individuals with prolonged illness (Heinrichs& Zakzanis, 1998).
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