Risk Factors for Psychosis

Risk Factors for Psychosis

Paradigms, Mechanisms, and Prevention
2020, Pages 269-287
Risk Factors for Psychosis

Chapter 14 - Cognitive risk factors for psychosis

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Abstract

Cognition, including neurocognition and social cognition, as a risk marker and potential predictor of psychotic disorder, has been the focus of extensive investigation over several decades. This chapter provides an overview of the current evidence for cognitive functioning as both a risk marker and independent predictor (relative to other biological, clinical, or environmental factors) of the later development of psychotic disorder in a range of high-risk populations, including population or conscript cohorts, individuals with neurodevelopmental conditions, individuals with a family history of psychosis, and those who are identified as clinical high risk for psychosis. Examination of cognition in association with alternative outcomes such as poor functioning is an important additional field of work that is discussed. Finally, the evidence for progression or change in cognition over time in early psychosis is reviewed with a view to informing existing models of psychosis.

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