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ArticleEpidemiology and psychiatric sciences2014

Executive functioning and psychopathological profile in relatives of individuals with deficit v. non-deficit schizophrenia: a pilot study.

S Scala, A Lasalvia, L J Seidman, D Cristofalo, C Bonetto, M Ruggeri

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Article in Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

S ScalaDepartment of Public Health and Community Medicine, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
A LasalviaDepartment of Public Health and Community Medicine, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
L J SeidmanHarvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts Mental Health Center Division of Public Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
D CristofaloDepartment of Public Health and Community Medicine, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
C BonettoDepartment of Public Health and Community Medicine, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
M RuggeriDepartment of Public Health and Community Medicine, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
University of Verona · ITBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · USHarvard University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aims. Heterogeneity of schizophrenia is known to be reflected in neuropsychological functioning of patients, but its expression in relatives is understudied. This study aims at exploring relationship between executive functioning and clinical profiles of first-degree relatives of patients who are classified as having or not having the deficit subtype of schizophrenia (DSRELs v. non-DSRELs), with the prediction of greater executive impairment in DSRELs. Methods. DSRELs (n = 15) and non-DSRELs (n = 40) were compared with community controls (CCs, n = 55) on executive functioning measured by the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) and the phonemic verbal fluency (PVF), and clinical measures. Effects of psychopathology and intelligence quotient (IQ) measures were investigated to determine their association with executive performance. Results. DSRELs showed more executive dysfunction on WCST and poorer social functioning than CCs and more severe negative symptoms than non-DSRELs. Differences on WCST-categories achieved (WCST-CA) remained significant after adjustment for clinical confounders and IQ. WCST-CA was associated with apathy and paranoid ideation only within the DSREL subgroup. Conclusions. Executive functioning and negative symptoms are severely impaired in first-degree relatives of deficit syndrome patients, thus suggesting that some neurocognitive deficits in patients may be transmitted within families according to the pathophysiology of the probands.

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