Cognitive Impairment in Schizophrenia
Characteristics, Assessment and Treatment

Provides state-of-the-art information about cognition in schizophrenia with a wide ranging focus on measuring and treating cognitive deficits.

Philip D. Harvey (Edited by)

9781107013209, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 24 January 2013

328 pages, 34 b/w illus. 7 colour illus.
24 x 16 x 2 cm, 0.7 kg

'… an excellent and useful reference…' American Journal of Psychiatry

Although the precise mechanisms and pathways of schizophrenia remain something of a mystery, there is little dispute that cognitive deficits present as some of the clearest and most debilitating symptoms of the disease. This book describes the characteristics of cognitive deficits in schizophrenia, functional implications, the course of impairments, the genetic and biological contributions and reviews management options, including neuropsychological, psychological and pharmacological techniques. Chapters are written by leading experts in the field, in an accessible and highly informative style, ensuring the content is clinically relevant. State-of-the-art information about new developments in the treatment of related features of the illness, such as disability, is provided. The wide ranging focus of this volume will appeal to clinicians and academic researchers working with patients impaired by severe mental illness.

Preface
Part I. Characteristics of Cognitive Impairment in Schizophrenia: 1. Cognition in schizophrenia as a central illness feature R. Walter Heinrichs, Ashley A. Miles, Narmeen Anmari and Eva Muharib
2. The multi-faceted, 'global' cognitive impairment profile in schizophrenia Dwight Dickinson, Jonathan Schaefer and Daniel R. Weinberger
3. Comparative impairments across schizophrenia and bipolar disorder Christopher R. Bowie, Katherine Holshausen and Maya Gupta
4. Cognitive impairment and symptom dimensions in psychosis Manuela Russo, Robin Murray and Abraham Reichenberg
Part II. Functional Implications and Course: 5. Neurocognition and functional outcome in schizophrenia: filling in the gaps Michael F. Green, William P. Horan, Kristopher I. Mathis and Jonathan K. Wynn
6. Cognition and work functioning in schizophrenia Susan McGurk and Kim Mueser
7. Cognition and functional status in adult and older patients with schizophrenia Sara J. Czaja and David Loewenstein
8. Social cognition and its relationship to neurocognition Amy E. Pinkham
9. Cognitive functioning and awareness of illness in schizophrenia: a review and meta-analysis Akshay Nair, André Aleman and Anthony S. David
Part III. Genetic and Biological Contributions to Cognitive Impairment: 10. Genetic influences on cognition in schizophrenia Katherine E. Burdick, Benjamin Glicksberg and Gary Donohoe
11. Neurobiological determinants of cognition Daniel C. Javitt
12. Translational cognitive neuroscience of schizophrenia: bridging neurocognitive and computational approaches towards understanding cognitive defects Alan Anticejic, John H. Krystal and Deanna M. Barch
Part IV. Assessment and Treatment of Cognitive Impairment and Related Features: 13. Assessment of cognition in schizophrenia treatment studies Richard Keefe
14. Performance-based measures of functioning in schizophrenia Colin A. Depp, Laura Vergel de Dios, Brent Mausbach and Thomas Patterson
15. Pharmacological approaches to cognitive enhancement Philip D. Harvey
16. Computerized cognitive training in schizophrenia: current knowledge and future directions Melissa Fisher, Karuna Subramaniam, Rogerio Panizzutti and Sophia Vinogradov
Index.

Subject Areas: Psychotherapy [MMJT], Clinical psychology [MMJ], Psychiatry [MMH]