Cognition in schizophrenia: core psychological and neural mechanisms

DM Barch, A Ceaser - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2012 - cell.com
The challenge in understanding cognitive impairment in schizophrenia is that people with
this illness have deficits in an array of domains. Here, we briefly review evidence regarding …

Schizophrenia,“just the facts” 4. Clinical features and conceptualization

R Tandon, HA Nasrallah, MS Keshavan - Schizophrenia research, 2009 - Elsevier
Although dementia praecox or schizophrenia has been considered a unique disease entity
for the past century, its definitions and boundaries have continued to vary over this period. At …

Evolution of neuropsychological dysfunction during the course of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

KE Lewandowski, BM Cohen, D Öngur - Psychological medicine, 2011 - cambridge.org
BackgroundNeurocognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia (SZ), bipolar (BD) and related
disorders represents a core feature of these illnesses, possibly a marker of underlying …

Cognitive functioning in schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder and affective psychoses: meta-analytic study

E Bora, M Yucel, C Pantelis - The British Journal of Psychiatry, 2009 - cambridge.org
BackgroundCognitive functioning in affective psychosis and schizoaffective disorder is much
less studied compared with schizophrenia. AimsTo quantitatively undertake a meta-analysis …

Logic and justification for dimensional assessment of symptoms and related clinical phenomena in psychosis: relevance to DSM-5

DM Barch, J Bustillo, W Gaebel, R Gur, S Heckers… - Schizophrenia …, 2013 - Elsevier
Work on the causes and treatment of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders has long
recognized the heterogeneity of the symptoms that can be displayed by individuals with …

Neurocognitive dysfunction in bipolar and schizophrenia spectrum disorders depends on history of psychosis rather than diagnostic group

C Simonsen, K Sundet, A Vaskinn… - Schizophrenia …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Objectives: Neurocognitive dysfunction is milder in bipolar disorders than in schizophrenia
spectrum disorders, supporting a dimensional approach to severe mental disorders. The aim …

Cognitive impairments in psychotic disorders: common mechanisms and measurement

DM Barch, JM Sheffield - World Psychiatry, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Decades of research have provided robust evidence of cognitive impairments in psychotic
disorders. Individuals with schizophrenia appear to be impaired on the majority of …

A comparison of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and bipolar disorder: Results from the Second Australian national psychosis survey

SG Mancuso, VA Morgan, PB Mitchell, M Berk… - Journal of affective …, 2015 - Elsevier
Introduction It remains uncertain whether schizoaffective disorder (SAD) is a discrete
diagnostic entity, is a variant of either a psychotic mood disorder such as bipolar disorder …

Neuropsychological abnormalities in schizophrenia and major mood disorders: similarities and differences

DM Barch - Current psychiatry reports, 2009 - Springer
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 …

Psychosocial function in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: relationship to neurocognition and clinical symptoms

C Simonsen, K Sundet, A Vaskinn, T Ueland… - Journal of the …, 2010 - cambridge.org
In line with a dimensional approach to psychopathology, we examined whether
psychosocial function and its relationship to neurocognition and clinical symptoms differ …