Is cognitive impairment following early life stress in severe mental disorders based on specific or general cognitive functioning?

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 495-500

  Aas, Monica ^a   Steen, Nils E ^b   Agartz, Ingrid ^a,c   Aminoff, Sofie R ^b,d   Lorentzen, Steinar ^c   Sundet, Kjetil ^a   Andreassen, Ole A ^a,b   Melle, Ingrid ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Childhood trauma; Cognitive function; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD ABUSE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEXUAL ABUSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84868655545     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.12.045     Document Type: Article

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