Psychiatric and functional correlates of stigma associated with cognitive impairment in schizophrenia.

ABSTRACT: Schizophrenia is the most strongly stigmatized psychiatric diagnosis, with negative stereotypes including assumptions of incompetence and inability to recover. Individuals with cognitive impairment associated with schizophrenia (CIAS) have reported stigma experiences, suggesting that CIAS carries stigma in addition to the stigma associated with schizophrenia as a diagnostic label. While research has established that mental illness stigma more generally is linked with poor psychiatric and functional outcomes, no research has explored correlates of CIAS stigma. This study evaluated cognitive, psychiatric, and functional correlates of CIAS stigma among 54 individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders participating in a cognitive remediation trial. Participants with greater estimated cogni

SUBMITTER: Gonzales L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11617260 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature