Article
Cognitive deficits in the families of patients with schizophrenia.
Current opinion in psychiatry - 1 May 2006
Heydebrand Gitry
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Studies of first-degree relatives of patients with schizophrenia over the past 25 years have reported a number of cognitive deficits, primarily in the domains of memory and executive function. Nevertheless, due to a number of methodological issues, such as including different types of relatives and not controlling for possible psychopathology, it is not yet clear that these findings can fully...
Topics
- Cognition Disorders
- Family
- Family Health
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Patients
- Schizophrenia
