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Title : Social Cognition in patients with First Episode Psychosis
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Abstract
Background: Individuals with First Episode Psychosis (FEP) exhibit impairments on multiple domains of social cognition (SC) which has been important target for intervention, with efforts aiming to improve early functional recovery. Aim: To assess social cognitive performance, the quantitative and qualitative difference of social cognitive performance, and the association between social cognitive performance and severity of psychotic symptoms among patients diagnosed with FEP. Method: 32 patients with FEP, 32 patients with chronic schizophrenia and 32 matched controls were assessed by neuro-cognitive measures: Trail Making Test part A (TMT_A), digit span, digit symbol substitution and pair associate tests of Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS), and social cognitive measures: Reading Mind in the Eye Test (RMET) and Emotion Identification Test (Ekman). The patients’ groups were assessed by the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale for Schizophrenia (PANSS).Results: There was a statistically significant difference between the FEP and schizophrenia groups and healthy control group in the scores of basic neurocognitive and social cognitive measures. For correlation there was statically significant positive correlation between age of onset in chronic schizophrenia individuals and face emotion processing assessed by Ekman test. As regards social cognition in FEP group, the study results show negative correlations between Ekman and symptoms severity using the PANSS_N