title: The effect of a split in WAIS-R VIQ and PIQ scores on patients with cognitive impairment and psychiatric illness.
abstract: This study examined the clinical effects of cognitive impairment on the course of patients who have a major psychiatric disorder. Surprisingly, a statistical split between Verbal and Performance IQ on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised is not a marker for greater psychiatric morbidity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hackerman
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Buccino
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gallucci
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D014705:Verbal Behavior; D014888:Wechsler Scales