[Subjective cognitive disorders in schizophrenia].
The current status of the subjective cognitive disorders (SCD) in schizophrenia is examined Hypothetically, SCD are ascribed to impairments of information processing, however studies on the relationship between SCD and information processing are scarce and contradictory. The psychometric properties of most SCD' scales are not enough studied, but they seem to have a high interrater reliability, internal consistency and concurrent validity. The number of SCD is related to female sex, and inversely to educative level and the lack of insight into illness. In the acute stage of illness, the SCD are associated to positive symptoms and they can then reflect the process activity of the schizophrenia. In the remission stage of illness, the SCD are related to negative symptoms and they are the subjective experience of the psychological deficit. A theory of the SCD in the framework of the vulnerability/stress model of schizophrenia is proposed.
Unidad de Psiquiatria, Hospital Virgen del Camino, Pamplona.
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Cuesta Zorita
D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000150:complications*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology
Transtornos cognitivos subjetivos en la esquizofrenia.