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| Author(s): |
Pegoraro, Luiz F. L.
[1, 2]
;
Dantas, Clarissa R.
[1]
;
Banzato, Claudio E. M.
[1]
;
Fuentes, Daniel
[2]
Total Authors: 4
|
| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Estadual Campinas, Dept Psychiat, Sch Med, UNICAMP, BR-13083887 Campinas, SP - Brazil
[2] Univ Sao Paulo, LINEU, Integrated Labs Neuropsychol, Inst Psychiat, Med Sch, BR-05508 Sao Paulo - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 2
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH; v. 147, n. 1, p. 91-94, JUN 2013. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 14 |
| Abstract | |
Previous studies have shown correlations between poor insight and neurocognitive impairment in schizophrenia. Deficit schizophrenia has been associated with worse cognitive functioning and poorer insight. This study aimed at investigating the relationship between insight dimensions (measured by Schedule for the Assessment of Insight-Expanded Version and its factors) and specific neurocognitive functions (assessed through a battery of neuropsychological tests) considering separately patients with deficit (n = 29) and nondeficit schizophrenia (n = 44), categorized according to the Schedule for the Deficit Syndrome. We found that working memory correlated positively and significantly with awareness of mental illness in both groups. In nondeficit group, awareness of mental illness correlated additionally with verbal fluency and attention. If confirmed by further studies, these results may have important consequences, such as the need of tailoring differently cognitive rehabilitation for each group. (C) 2013 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 08/09488-8 - Psychopathology of negative symptoms of schizophrenia |
| Grantee: | Cláudio Eduardo Muller Banzato |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |