The Course of General Cognitive Ability in Individuals With Psychotic Disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Schizophrenia is associated with major cognitive deficits and has been conceptualized as both a neurodevelopmental and a neurodegenerative disorder. However, when deficits develop and how they change over the course of illness is uncertain.

Objective

To trace cognition from elementary school to old age to test neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative theories of psychotic disorders.

Design, setting, and participants

Data were taken from the Suffolk County Mental Health Project, a first-admission longitudinal cohort study of individuals with psychotic disorders. Participants were recruited from all 12 inpatient psychiatric facilities in Suffolk County, New York. This analysis concerns the 428 participants with at least 2 estimates of general cognitive abilit

SUBMITTER: Jonas K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9118026 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature