Elaboration on Premorbid Intellectual Performance in Schizophrenia
Author(s) -
Abraham Reichenberg,
Mark Weiser,
Michael A. Rapp,
Jonathan Rabinowitz,
Avshalom Caspi,
James Schmeidler,
Haim Y. Knobler,
Gad Lubin,
D. Nahon,
Philip D. Harvey,
Michael Davidson
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
archives of general psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3636
pISSN - 0003-990X
DOI - 10.1001/archpsyc.62.12.1297
Subject(s) - psychology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychiatry , population , cohort , intelligence quotient , psychosocial , psychosis , clinical psychology , borderline intellectual functioning , thought disorder , anxiety , cognition , medicine , environmental health
Consistent evidence indicates that some, but not most, patients with schizophrenia have below-average intelligence years before they manifest psychosis. However, it is not clear whether this below-average premorbid intelligence is stable or progressive.
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