Despite effective pharmacological treatments for psychotic symptoms (eg, hallucinations,
delusions), functional outcomes for people with psychotic disorders are often disappointing …

Individuals with disorders that include psychotic symptoms (ie psychotic disorders)
experience broad cognitive impairments in the chronic state, indicating a dimension of …

Cognitive dysfunction is a core feature of schizophrenia. Deficits are moderate to severe
across several domains, including attention, working memory, verbal learning and memory …

INTRODUCTION: Neurocognitive dysfunction is believed to be a core feature of
schizophrenia and is increasingly recognized as a common symptom dimension in bipolar …

Cognitive impairment in schizophrenia represents one of the main obstacles to clinical and
functional recovery. This expert group paper brings together experts in schizophrenia …

The average patient with schizophrenia performs on cognitive tests at the lowest 5% to 10%
of the general population. Cognitive impairments impact patients on virtually every aspect of …

The past 20 years have been witness to a growing knowledge base of research highlighting
the critical importance of cognition in understanding functional status and outcome in …

Decades of research have provided robust evidence of cognitive impairments in psychotic
disorders. Individuals with schizophrenia appear to be impaired on the majority of …

Importance It remains uncertain whether people with psychotic disorders experience
progressive cognitive decline or normal cognitive aging after first hospitalization. This …

Objective: Cognitive deficits have been well documented in schizophrenia and have been
shown to impair quality of life and to compromise everyday functioning. Recent studies of …