The impact of cognitive reserve in the outcome of first-episode psychoses: 2-year follow-up study

• Published in: European neuropsychopharmacology Vol. 26; no. 10; pp. 1638 - 1648
• Main Authors: Amoretti, S., Bernardo, M., Bonnin, C.M., Bioque, M., Cabrera, B., Mezquida, G., Solé, B., Vieta, E., Torrent, C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.10.2016
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Attention; Cognition; Cognitive Reserve; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Educational Status; Executive Function; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Intelligence; Internal Medicine; Leisure Activities; Male; Memory; Memory short-term; Neuropsychology; Occupations; Psychiatry; Psychotic disorders; Psychotic Disorders - psychology; Psychotic Disorders - therapy; Socioeconomic Factors; Treatment Outcome; Young Adult; Cognitive reserve; Psychotic disorders; Cognition; Neuropsychology; Memory short-term; Follow-up studies

The concept of cognitive reserve (CR) suggests that the premorbid intelligence quotient (IQ), years of education and leisure activities provide more efficient cognitive networks and therefore allow a better management of some conditions associated to cognitive impairment. Fifty-two DSM-IV diagnosed...