Correlates of neurocognitive functions in individuals at Ultra-High Risk for psychosis - A 6-month follow-up study.

Cognitive impairments are recognized among core features of schizophrenia and are reported as one of the strongest predictors of functioning in patients with schizophrenia. It is noted that they are already present at early stages of psychosis, such as ultra-high risk for psychosis (UHR) (Bang et al., 2015; Comparelli et al., 2013; Keefe et al., 2006; Liu et al., 2015) and first-episode psychosis (FEP) (Corigliano et al., 2014). A recent meta-analysis reported that UHR individuals show neurocognitive deficits in terms of attention/vigilance, verbal learning, visual learning, social cognition, speed of processing, current Intelligence Quotient (IQ), premorbid IQ (Hauser et al., 2017) compared to HCs and that those with UHR present with better performance in attention/vigilance, verbal learning, working memory, speed of processing, and current IQ compared to those with FEP subjects (Hauser et al., 2017).
Source: Psychiatry Research - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Source Type: research