Neuropsychological Performance in First-Episode Adolescents with Schizophrenia: A Comparison with First-Episode Adults and Adolescent Control Subjects

The goal of this study was to compare the extent of cognitive deficits between adolescents and adults early in the course of schizophrenia. A comprehensive neuropsychological battery was performed on 49 adolescents with childhood- or adolescent-onset schizophrenia, 139 adults with adult-onset schizo...

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Published in:	Biological psychiatry (1969) Vol. 60; no. 5; pp. 463 - 471
Main Authors:	White, Tonya, Ho, Beng-Choon, Ward, Julianna, O’Leary, Daniel, Andreasen, Nancy C.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.09.2006 Elsevier Science
Subjects:	adolescence Adolescent Adolescent Development - physiology Adult Adult and adolescent clinical studies Age of Onset Aging - physiology Aging - psychology Biological and medical sciences Brain - growth & development Case-Control Studies Cognition Disorders - complications Cognition Disorders - diagnosis Cognition Disorders - etiology Female Humans language Longitudinal Studies Male Matched-Pair Analysis Medical sciences Memory, Short-Term - physiology motor function Motor Skills - physiology Neuropsychological Tests neuropsychology Problem Solving - physiology Psychiatric Status Rating Scales Psychology, Adolescent Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Psychoses Reference Values Schizophrenia Schizophrenia - complications Schizophrenia - diagnosis Schizophrenic Psychology Statistics, Nonparametric Verbal Behavior - physiology working memory Schizophrenia neuropsychology adolescence language motor function working memory Human Neuropsychological test Psychometrics Cognition Psychosis Language First episode Adolescent Adult Working memory Motricity Neuropsychologia Comparative study
ISSN:	0006-3223, 1873-2402
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