Background Impairment in a wide range of cognitive abilities has been consistently reported
in individuals with schizophrenia. Both neurocognitive and social cognitive deficits are …

Deficits in a wide array of functional outcome areas (eg, social functioning, social skills,
independent living skills, etc) are marked in schizophrenia. Consequently, much recent …

The current management of patients with primary psychosis worldwide is often remarkably
stereotyped. In almost all cases an antipsychotic medication is prescribed, with second …

Social cognition is increasingly recognized as an important treatment target in
schizophrenia; however, the dearth of well-validated measures that are suitable for use in …

Background: In schizophrenia, social cognition is strongly linked to functional outcome and
is increasingly seen as a viable treatment target. The goal of the Social Cognition …

Measurement of social cognition in treatment trials remains problematic due to poor and
limited psychometric data for many tasks. As part of the Social Cognition Psychometric …

Objectives: A considerable body of literature has reported on emotion perception deficits
and the relevance to clinical symptoms and social functioning in schizophrenia. Studies …

OBJECTIVE: The authors used color photographs of emotional and neutral expressions to
investigate recognition patterns of five universal emotions in schizophrenia. METHOD …

Disturbances in affect recognition may be one of the most pervasive and serious aspects of
the schizophrenic patient's interpersonal problems. Interest in the decoding of emotional …

Several studies have demonstrated that patients with schizophrenia are impaired in
recognizing emotions from facial expressions and in appreciating other people's mental …