Cognitive impairments are currently regarded as important determinants of functional
domains and are promising treatment goals in schizophrenia. Nevertheless, the exact nature …

BackgroundNegative symptoms observed in patients with psychotic disorders undermine
quality of life and functioning. Antipsychotic medications have a limited impact …

Context Schizophrenia remains a highly disabling disorder, but the specific determinants
and pathways that lead to functional impairment are not well understood. It is not known …

Social cognitive impairments are common, detectable across a wide range of tasks, and
appear to play a key role in explaining poor outcome in schizophrenia and related psychotic …

Cognitive rehabilitation therapies for Alzheimer's disease (AD) are becoming more readily
available to the geriatric population in an attempt to curb the insidious decline in cognitive …

Schizophrenia can be a chronic and debilitating psychiatric disorder. Though advancements
have been made in the psychosocial treatment of some symptoms of schizophrenia, people …

It is well known that comorbidity is the rule, not the exception, for categorically defined
psychiatric disorders, and this is also the case for internalizing disorders of depression and …

Negative symptoms are a strong predictor of poor functional outcome in people with
schizophrenia. Unfortunately there are few effective interventions for either negative …

Objective: Identifying treatments to improve functioning and reduce negative symptoms in
consumers with schizophrenia is of high public health significance. Method: In this …

Abstract Theory of mind (ToM), the ability to attribute and reason about the mental states of
others, is a strong determinant of social functioning among individuals with schizophrenia …