Comprehensive comparison of social cognitive performance in autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia.

CONCLUSIONS: Findings largely suggest comparable levels of social cognitive impairment in ASD and SCZ, which may support the use of existing social cognitive interventions across disorders. However, future work is needed to determine whether the mechanisms underlying these shared impairments are also similar or if these common behavioral profiles may emerge via different pathways.
PMID: 31576783 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Psychological Medicine - October 1, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pinkham AE, Morrison KE, Penn DL, Harvey PD, Kelsven S, Ludwig K, Sasson NJ Tags: Psychol Med Source Type: research