Cognitive impairment from early to middle adulthood in patients with affective and nonaffective psychotic disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cognitive impairment is a core feature of psychotic disorders, but the profile of impairment across adulthood, particularly in African-American populations, remains unclear.

Methods

Using cross-sectional data from a case-control study of African-American adults with affective (n = 59) and nonaffective (n = 68) psychotic disorders, we examined cognitive functioning between early and middle adulthood (ages 20-60) on measures of general cognitive ability, language, abstract reasoning, processing speed, executive function, verbal memory, and working memory.

Results

Both affective and nonaffective psychosis patients showed substantial and widespread cognitive impairments. However, comparison of cognitive functioning between controls and psychosis groups througho

SUBMITTER: Mollon J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7086288 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature