Looking Beyond Mood & Psychosis: A Focus On Neurocognition
Historically, cognitive impairment was considered an artifact of patients’ symptoms, attention, or motivation problems, and as such, was an underappreciated feature of schizophrenia. However, recent research has shown cognitive impairment to be a feature of schizophrenia, independent of delusions and hallucinations, that is stable throughout the course of the disease in a majority of patients. Cognitive impairment in bipolar disorder is also becoming an increasingly studied phenomenon – with documented demonstration of neuropsychologic impairment in some patients. Recollection memory, attention, …
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