Association Between the Duration of Untreated Psychosis and Selective Cognitive Performance in Community-Dwelling Individuals With Chronic Untreated Schizophrenia in Rural China.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Cognitive deficits constitute core features of schizophrenia, but the trajectories of cognitive difficulties in chronic untreated schizophrenia remain unclear.

Objective

To assess the association of neuropsychological deficits with duration of untreated psychosis in individuals with chronic untreated schizophrenia.

Design, setting, and participants

Community-dwelling individuals with chronic untreated schizophrenia (untreated patient group) and individuals without mental illness (control group) were recruited from predominantly rural communities in Ningxia, China between June 20, 2016, and August 6, 2019, and administered the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV, the Mini-Mental State Examination, an 8-test version of the MATRICS Consensus Cognition Bat

SUBMITTER: Stone WS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7344798 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature