Since currently available antipsychotic medications predominantly treat hallucinations,
delusions, disorganized thoughts and behavior, and related agitation/aggression, attention …

Negative symptoms have long been recognized as a central feature of the phenomenology
of schizophrenia, dating back to the early descriptions by Kraepelin and Bleuler. Over the …

As a core symptom, neuropsychological dysfunction specific to the disorder must be
precisely defined and targeted for remediation if these patients are to be treated effectively …

The negative symptoms of schizophrenia, which often appear earlier than any other
symptom, are prominent and clinically relevant in the majority of patients. As a result, interest …

The negative symptoms of schizophrenia represent an impairment of normal emotional
responses, thought processes and behaviors, and include blunting or flattening of affect …

The past 20 years have been witness to a growing knowledge base of research highlighting
the critical importance of cognition in understanding functional status and outcome in …

Schizophrenia is a complex and multifactorial disorder generally diagnosed in young adults
at the time of the first psychotic episode of delusions and hallucinations. These positive …

Schizophrenia is a chronic, disabling disorder, which commonly emerges in adolescence
and young adulthood. While pharmacological treatment with currently available second …

Recent reports of improvement in the negative symptoms of schizophrenia following
targeted cognitive interventions have prompted interest in the cognitive underpinnings of …

Cognitive dysfunction is a core feature of schizophrenia. Deficits are moderate to severe
across several domains, including attention, working memory, verbal learning and memory …