Cognitive functions in late-onset psychosis

Abdullina E.G.; Savina M.A.; Rupchev G.E.; Sheshenin V.S.; Pochueva V.V.

doi:https://doi.org/10.17116/jnevro202212206163

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Abstract:

The review discusses cognitive functions in late-onset schizophrenia and very late-onset schizophrenia-like psychosis compared to cognition in normal aging, early-onset schizophrenia, and neurodegenerative diseases. The problem of the dynamics of the state of the cognitive functions in patients with late-onset schizophrenic psychoses is highlighted, and prospects for further research are discussed. Patients with late-onset schizophrenic psychosis are characterized by more pronounced cognitive deficits compared to normal aging, but less severe than cognitive changes observed in early-onset schizophrenia. Late-onset schizophrenia may be a heterogeneous condition in terms of cognitive dysfunction.

Keywords:

schizophrenia

late-onset schizophrenia

cognitive functions

neuropsychology

Authors:

Abdullina E.G.

Lomonosov Moscow State University;
Mental Health Research Center

Savina M.A.

Mental Health Research Center

Rupchev G.E.

Centre for Mental Health Research

ORCID: 0000-0002-4440-095X

Sheshenin V.S.

Mental Health Research Center

Pochueva V.V.

Mental Health Research Center

Received:

24.03.2021

Accepted:

19.07.2021

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