Neuropsychological Deficits in Schizophrenics
Archives of General PsychiatryPublished 1 June 1994
Robert K. Heaton
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It is suggested that neuropsychological impairment in schizophrenia is unrelated to current age, age at onset, or duration of illness, and that the encephalopathy associated with schizophrenia is essentially nonprogressive and produces a pattern of deficits that is different from that seen in progressive cortical dementias.
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These findings suggest that neuropsychological impairment in schizophrenia is unrelated to current age, age at onset, or duration of illness. The study further suggests that the encephalopathy associated with schizophrenia is essentially nonprogressive and produces a pattern of deficits that is different from that seen in progressive cortical dementias.
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