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Remission of positive symptoms according to the “remission in Schizophrenia Working Group” criteria: A longitudinal study of cognitive functioning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

Y. Braw ,
R. Sitman ,
M. Cohen ,
U. Berger ,
S. Lev-Ran ,
A. Segev ,
Y. Bloch  and
Y. Levkovitz
Y. Braw
Affiliation:
Department of Behavioral Sciences, Ariel University Center of Samaria, Ariel, Israel The Emotion-Cognition Research Center, Shalvata Mental Health Center (affiliated with Tel-Aviv University), Hod-Hasharon, Israel
R. Sitman
Affiliation:
The Emotion-Cognition Research Center, Shalvata Mental Health Center (affiliated with Tel-Aviv University), Hod-Hasharon, Israel
M. Cohen
Affiliation:
Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
U. Berger
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, and the Gonda (Goldschmied) Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
S. Lev-Ran
Affiliation:
The Emotion-Cognition Research Center, Shalvata Mental Health Center (affiliated with Tel-Aviv University), Hod-Hasharon, Israel Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
A. Segev
Affiliation:
The Emotion-Cognition Research Center, Shalvata Mental Health Center (affiliated with Tel-Aviv University), Hod-Hasharon, Israel Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Y. Bloch
Affiliation:
The Emotion-Cognition Research Center, Shalvata Mental Health Center (affiliated with Tel-Aviv University), Hod-Hasharon, Israel Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Y. Levkovitz*
Affiliation:
The Emotion-Cognition Research Center, Shalvata Mental Health Center (affiliated with Tel-Aviv University), Hod-Hasharon, Israel Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
*
*Corresponding author. Tel.: +9 729 747 8644; fax: +9 727 747 8643. E-mail address:ylevk@clalit.org.il (Y. Levkovitz).
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Abstract

Schizophrenia patients in positive symptomatic remission (PSR; n = 39) were assessed using a longitudinal research design. The patients were found to exhibit widespread cognitive impairments that were stable over the three-year follow-up period. The findings support a generalized and stable cognitive impairment profile among schizophrenia patients in partial symptomatic remission.

Keywords

Schizophrenia and psychosisRemissionPositive symptomsCognitionCANTAB
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Short Communication
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European Psychiatry , Volume 28 , Issue 5 , June 2013 , pp. 282 - 287
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association

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Footnotes

Abbreviations: CGI, Clinical Global Impression; ECT, Electro-convulsive therapy; GAF, General Assessment of Functioning; IRB, Institutional Review Board; PANSS, Positive and Negative Syndrome Schedule for Schizophrenia; RSWG, Remission in Schizophrenia Working Group; SANS, Scale for Assessment of Negative Symptoms; SCID, Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV; SCID-NP, Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Non-patient; SOFAS, Social and Occupational Functioning Assessment Scale; PSR, Positive Symptomatic Remission; CANTAB, Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery.

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