Open AccessExecutive function in patients with schizophrenia based on socio-occupational impairment: A cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Delnaz Palsetia,
K. Chandrasekhar,
M S Reddy,
Avinash De Sousa,
Sagar Karia
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
industrial psychiatry journal/industrial psychiatry journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-2795
pISSN - 0972-6748
DOI - 10.4103/ipj.ipj_85_18
Subject(s) - stroop effect , wisconsin card sorting test , verbal fluency test , executive functions , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , executive dysfunction , psychology , fluency , test (biology) , clinical psychology , audiology , trail making test , cognition , psychiatry , cognitive impairment , medicine , neuropsychology , paleontology , mathematics education , biology
Executive dysfunction deficit is the functionally most important cognitive deficit noted in schizophrenia. There is a dearth of Indian literature on the subject. The current study aimed at studying these executive functions in patients with schizophrenia in remission.