Progressive decline of cognition during the conversion from prodrome to psychosis with a characteristic pattern of the theory of mind compensated by neurocognition

This study included 83 individuals with attenuated psychosis syndrome (APS), from which 26 converted to psychosis (converters) after a follow up period of 18months. Comprehensive cognitive tests (including MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery, Faux-Pas Task, and Reading-Mind-in-Eyes Tasks) were administered at baseline. A structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis was conducted to estimate the effects of neurocognition on the ToM functioning in both APS and healthy controls (HC) datasets.

Source: Schizophrenia Research - August 17, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: TianHong Zhang, HuiRu Cui, YanYan Wei, YingYing Tang, LiHua Xu, XiaoChen Tang, YiKang Zhu, LiJuan Jiang, Bin Zhang, ZhenYing Qian, Annabelle Chow, XiaoHua Liu, ChunBo Li, ZePing Xiao, JiJun Wang Source Type: research