title: Symptomatic remission in schizophrenia patients: relationship with social functioning, quality of life, and neurocognitive performance.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate whether symptomatic remission relates to better outcomes in schizophrenia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventy-six schizophrenia patients were assessed using measures of cross-sectional symptomatic remission, social functioning, subjective quality of life (QoL), and cognition.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Most patients (53; 69.7%) were not in remission. Remitted patients presented significantly better social functioning, better self-reported QoL, insight, and lower levels of depressive symptoms. They also showed a non-significant trend for better executive function, processing speed and verbal memory.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Symptomatic remission may be a good indicator of better clinical status, social functioning and QoL, but not so much for cognitive functioning.
authors.affiliation: Lisbon's Psychiatric Hospitalar Centre, Lisbon, Portugal. sofiabrissos@netcabo.pt
authors.forename: Sofia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brissos
authors.forename: Vasco Videira
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Dias
authors.forename: Vicent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Balanzá-Martinez
authors.forename: Ana Isabel
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Carita
authors.forename: Maria Luísa
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Figueira
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012008:Recurrence; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D057566:Self Report; D012917:Social Adjustment; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric