{"title":"Premorbid personality and cognitive function impact on schizophrenia","authors":"D. Samburskis, L. Renemane","doi":"10.1002/pnp.727","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Individuals with schizophrenia can experience family and social adjustment difficulties as well as significant barriers to independent living, with cognitive difficulties being one of the pivotal features of this mental health disorder. This article examines a decade of data for a sample of individuals living with schizophrenia and argues that comprehensive assessment of personality and cognitive function in the initial stage of disease should inform management and treatment to enable improved patient life outcomes.","PeriodicalId":43913,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3000,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1002/pnp.727","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"NEUROSCIENCES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Individuals with schizophrenia can experience family and social adjustment difficulties as well as significant barriers to independent living, with cognitive difficulties being one of the pivotal features of this mental health disorder. This article examines a decade of data for a sample of individuals living with schizophrenia and argues that comprehensive assessment of personality and cognitive function in the initial stage of disease should inform management and treatment to enable improved patient life outcomes.
期刊介绍:
Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry is published nine times a year, and is a journal for specialists in secondary care, GPs with an interest in neurology and psychiatry, community psychiatric nurses and other specialist healthcare professionals. Articles cover management, news updates and opinion in all areas of neurology and psychiatry.