Cognition, social cognition and social functioning in schizophrenia

The discoveries continually being made in the study of schizophrenia have shown the complexity of this serious mental disorder. Research has enabled intervention to be redirected to focus on areas of maximum impact and efficacy. Currently, studies concur that the majority of people with schizophreni...

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Main Authors: Paola Jaramillo, Inmaculada Fuentes, Juan C. Ruiz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UCOPress 2009-05-01
Series:Psychology, Society & Education
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Online Access:http://www.psye.org/articulos/Jaramillo%20et%20al.pdf
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description The discoveries continually being made in the study of schizophrenia have shown the complexity of this serious mental disorder. Research has enabled intervention to be redirected to focus on areas of maximum impact and efficacy. Currently, studies concur that the majority of people with schizophrenia exhibit deficits in non-social cognitive functioning, in performance in social cognition tasks and clearly in social functioning. This article aims to give a concise overview of developments made in these three areas and the importance of the subsequent relations between them.
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spellingShingle Paola Jaramillo
Inmaculada Fuentes
Juan C. Ruiz
Cognition, social cognition and social functioning in schizophrenia
Psychology, Society & Education
Schizophrenia
Cognition
Social Cognition
Social Functioning
title Cognition, social cognition and social functioning in schizophrenia
title_full Cognition, social cognition and social functioning in schizophrenia
title_fullStr Cognition, social cognition and social functioning in schizophrenia
title_full_unstemmed Cognition, social cognition and social functioning in schizophrenia
title_short Cognition, social cognition and social functioning in schizophrenia
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topic Schizophrenia
Cognition
Social Cognition
Social Functioning
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