Abstract | INTRODUCTION: Neuropsychological aspects of paranoid schizophrenia have still not been examined enough.These disorders are usually not studied separately, but are included in the studies about schizophrenic patients with positive symptoms. Despite the fact that schizophrenia represents a heterogeneous group of mental disorders, usually it is not separated from schizoaffective disorder in neuropsychological researches. OBJECTIVE: METHODS: RESULTS: Both groups of patients showed poorer achievements than healthy subjects in most of the applied tests. Patients with schizoaffective disorder showed global loss of intellectual efficiency, executive dysfunction and compromised visual-construction organization. Patients with paranoid schizophrenia expressed partial loss of intellectual efficiency with verbal IQ and executive functions preserved. CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Ljubica Leposavić, Ivana Leposavić, Bijana Šaula-Marojević, Predrag Gavrilović |
Journal | Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo
(Srp Arh Celok Lek)
2015 Jul-Aug
Vol. 143
Issue 7-8
Pg. 391-6
ISSN: 0370-8179 [Print] Serbia |
PMID | 26506747
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Cognition
- Cognition Disorders
(diagnosis, etiology)
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neuropsychological Tests
- Psychotic Disorders
(complications, psychology)
- Reference Values
- Risk Factors
- Schizophrenia, Paranoid
(complications, psychology)
- Schizophrenic Psychology
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