Predicting work outcome in patients with schizophrenia: Influence of IQ decline

Patients with schizophrenia show various trajectories in intelligence. However, whether the degree of IQ decline is associated with functional outcomes remains unclear. The purposes of the study were 1) to determine whether IQ decline was related with work outcome, and 2) to perform predictions for attaining a certain amount of work measured by work hours.

Source: Schizophrenia Research - July 4, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Chika Sumiyoshi, Haruo Fujino, Hidenaga Yamamori, Noriko Kudo, Hirotsugu Azechi, Michiko Fujimoto, Yuka Yasuda, Kazutaka Ohi, Tomiki Sumiyoshi, Ryota Hashimoto Source Type: research