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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author | Paola Jaramillo Inmaculada Fuentes Juan C. Ruiz |
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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 |
title_sort | cognition social cognition and social functioning in schizophrenia |
topic | Schizophrenia Cognition Social Cognition Social Functioning |
url | http://www.psye.org/articulos/Jaramillo%20et%20al.pdf |
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