Neuropsychological deficits in individuals with an at risk mental state for psychosis — Working memory as a potential trait marker

• Published in: Schizophrenia research Vol. 97; no. 1; pp. 14 - 24
• Main Authors: Pflueger, Marlon O, Gschwandtner, Ute, Stieglitz, Rolf-Dieter, Riecher-Rössler, Anita
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.12.2007; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Attention; Biological and medical sciences; Cognition Disorders - diagnosis; Cognition Disorders - psychology; Disease Progression; Early detection; Early Diagnosis; Female; Humans; Individuals with an at risk mental state for psychosis (ARMS); Intelligence; Male; Medical sciences; Memory, Short-Term; Multivariate Analysis; Neuropsychological Tests - statistics & numerical data; Neuropsychology; Problem Solving; Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychomotor Performance; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Psychoses; Psychotic Disorders - diagnosis; Psychotic Disorders - psychology; Reaction Time; Risk Assessment; Schizophrenia; Schizophrenia - diagnosis; Schizophrenia prodrome; Schizophrenic Psychology; Working memory; Neuropsychology; Working memory; Individuals with an at risk mental state for psychosis (ARMS); Early detection; Schizophrenia prodrome; Human; Cognitive disorder; Schizophrenia; Cognition; Psychosis; Risk factor; Early; Neuropsychologia

Abstract Objective To investigate the neuropsychological profile of individuals with an at risk mental state for psychosis (ARMS, N = 60) compared to healthy controls (HC, N = 51) and to identify those cognitive domains which discriminate best between groups. Method Study subjects and controls were...