No sex differences in neuropsychological performance in first episode psychosis patients

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue , 2014, Pages 149-154

  Ayesa Arriola, Rosa ^a,b   Rodriguez Sanchez, Jose Manuel ^a,b   Gomez Ruiz, Elsa ^a   Roiz Santiáñez, Roberto ^a,b   Reeves, Lauren L ^c   Crespo Facorro, Benedicto ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuropsychology; Psychosis; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ONSET AGE; PLANNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOSIS; REACTION TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

BPRS; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CALGARY DEPRESSION SCALE FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA; CASH; CDSS; CI; COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF SYMPTOMS AND HISTORY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE TEST; CPT; DAS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISABILITY ASSESSMENT SCALE; DSM; DUI; DUP; DURATION OF UNTREATED ILLNESS; DURATION OF UNTREATED PSYCHOSIS; FEP; FIRST EPISODE PSYCHOSIS; GCF; GENERAL NEUROCOGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; GLOBAL COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING; GNI; GP; GROOVED PEGBOARD; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; IQ; MANCOVA; MULTIPLE ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NOS; NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; ODDS RATIO; OR; PAFIP; PROGRAM OF ATTENTION AND INTERVENTION FIRST-EPISODE PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; RAVLT; REY AUDITORY VERBAL LEARNING TEST; SANS; SAPS; SCALE FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS; SCALE FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF POSITIVE SYMPTOMS; SCID; SD; SEX; SPSS; STANDARD DEVIATION; STATISTICAL PACKAGE FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM; TMT; TOL; TOWER OF LONDON TEST; TRAIL MAKING TEST; YMRS; YOUNG MANIA RATING SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886003786     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: 18784216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2013.09.009     Document Type: Article

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