Journal of Depression and Anxiety
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Department of Psychiatry, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, India

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  Cognitive Functions in Children of Persons with Schizophrenia
  Author(s): Ravindran OS*, Natarajan Shanmugasundaram, Sathianathan Ramanathan and Akshaya Kannan
  
  Background: Cognitive deficits are a central feature of schizophrenia and occur in high-risk relatives of the patients. Aim: We aimed to investigate whether children at-risk for schizophrenia also present neurocognitive deficits that are commonly observed in patients with schizophrenia. Settings and Design: In a cross-sectional study, we assessed neurocognitive functioning in 15 at–risk children of schizophrenia patients with an equal number of healthy controls. Materials and Methods: Offspring at-risk were compared with the control group on the measures of intelligence, verbal comprehension, perceptual reasoning, working memory, processing speed (assessed with Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children – Fourth (India Edition), verbal working memory (Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test) and executive funct.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2167-1044.20.9.357

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