title: [Neuropsychological aspects of schizophrenic mental deterioration].
abstract: The authors have administered a test of intelligence (WAIS) and a test of attention (Color Naming) to a group of patients affected by chronic schizophrenic impairment. The scores give shape to a picture of mental deterioration, especially characterized by a decrease of attentive power. This results validates the possibility of a neuropsychological approach to the etiopatogenesis of schizophrenia and supports the hypothesis that an impairment of mental synthesis power may explain both clinical and psychometric features of the disease.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D008297:Male; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012569:Schizotypal Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D014888:Wechsler Scales
vernacular_title: Aspetti neuropsicologici del deterioramento mentale schizofrenico.