Impaired social cognition is a key symptom dimension in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders
and—to a lesser extent—in bipolar disorder, and is highly predictive of poor community …

Background Impairment of social cognition is documented in bipolar disorder (BD) and
schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder (SCH). In healthy individuals, women perform better …

A significant amount of literature has highlighted that patients with schizophrenia (Sz)-
spectrum disorders, and to a lesser extent bipolar disorder (BD), are characterized by …

Age, race, and sex are linked to social cognitive performance among healthy individuals, but
whether similar effects are evident in schizophrenia is unknown. Data from 170 individuals …

BackgroundStudies that examined sex differences in first-episode patients consistently show
that males compared to females have poor premorbid adjustment, earlier age of onset …

Introduction Social dysfunction is a key feature of psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia
linked to disability. Less is known about social functioning in the early stages of the disorder …

Background Previous studies examining sex-differences in facial emotion recognition (FER)
in psychosis yielded inconsistent results. Although females are considered to be superior in …

Aim Childhood trauma increases social functioning deficits in first‐episode psychosis (FEP)
and is negatively associated with higher‐order social cognitive processes such as emotion …

Individuals with schizophrenia reportedly demonstrate deficits in emotion perception.
Relevant studies on the effects of decoder's sex, communication channels and emotion …

Background: It is well established that individuals with schizophrenia experience deficits in
emotional perception that can impact long-term social and occupational functioning …