The centrality of cognitive symptoms and metacognition within the interacting network of symptoms, neurocognition, social cognition and metacognition in schizophrenia

Schizophrenia involves a range of interrelated impairments in functioning due to symptoms and deficits in varying domains of cognition including neurocognition, social cognition and metacognition. Yet little is known whether certain symptoms or cognitive impairments play a more central role than others. To explore, we conducted a network analysis of five types of symptoms, six domains of neurocognition and multiple aspects of both social cognition and metacognition. Participants were 81 adults with a schizophrenia spectrum disorder in a non-acute phase of the disorder.

Source: Schizophrenia Research - July 9, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ilanit Hasson-Ohayon, Gil Goldzweig, Adi Lavi-Rotenberg, Lauren Luther, Paul H. Lysaker Source Type: research