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ArticleNeuropsychiatric disease and treatment2017

Verbal memory improvement in first-episode psychosis

Fidel Vila-Rodriguez, Donna J Lang, Heather Baitz, Kristina Gicas, Allen E Thorton, Thomas S Ehmann, Geoff N Smith, Alasdair M Barr, Ivan J Torres, Lili C Kopala and 4 more

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Article in Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Fidel Vila-RodriguezDepartment of Psychiatry.
Donna J LangDivision of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
Heather BaitzDepartment of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.
Kristina GicasDepartment of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.
Allen E ThortonDepartment of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby.
Thomas S EhmannDepartment of Psychiatry.
Geoff N SmithDepartment of Psychiatry.
Alasdair M BarrDepartment of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
Ivan J TorresDepartment of Psychiatry.
Lili C KopalaDepartment of Psychiatry.
G William MacEwanDepartment of Psychiatry.
Daniel J MüllerDepartment of Psychiatry, Centre for Mental Health and Addictions, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
James L KennedyDepartment of Psychiatry, Centre for Mental Health and Addictions, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
William G HonerDepartment of Psychiatry.
Simon Fraser University · CACentre for Addiction and Mental Health · CAUniversity of British Columbia · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Verbal memory impairment is a core feature in schizophrenia even at early stages of the disease, but its etiopathogenesis is not fully understood. The Participants and methods: A total of 86 first-episode psychosis (FEP) outpatients and 39 healthy volunteers were recruited. Demographic and clinical data, Results: FEP- Conclusion: Our study is the first to report improvement in verbal memory in persons afflicted by FEP who are

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antagonistic pleiotropyAPOEfirst-episode psychosisschizophreniaverbal memory

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PMID29263671
PMCPMC5727104
OpenAlexW2771135757

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