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Neuropsychological Functioning in Non-Schizophrenic First-Degree Relatives of Schizophrenics

Research has consistently shown schizophrenics to perform significantly poorer than normal controls on commonly used measures of neuropsychological functioning. Research on the neuropsychological functioning of first-degree relatives of schizophrenics who do not themselves have schizophrenia is comparatively sparse but suggests the likelihood of deficits in this group as well. A battery of standard neuropsychological tests was administered to three groups: first-degree relatives of schizophrenics who do not themselves have schizophrenia (FDR-SCZ), first-degree relatives of persons with major depression and bipolar disorder (FDR-MOOD), and normal controls (NC). The FDRSCZ group was not found to demonstrate significantly impaired performance relative to the other two groups on any of the hypothesized or exploratory analyses. These implications of these findings are discussed with reference to previous studies and future research.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc278259
Date08 1900
CreatorsSuire, David M. (David Mark)
ContributorsHarrell, Ernest H., Kelly, Kimberly, Miller, Daniel C. (Daniel Carlton), 1956-, Critelli, Joseph W.
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatv, 93 leaves, Text
RightsPublic, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved., Suire, David M. (David Mark)

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