Cognitive Disorders

VR-based training may help improve social cognition and functioning in patients with schizophrenia.

What's the latest in dementia?

Cognitive and psychiatric symptoms at 3 months post-stroke might predict daytime sleepiness and fatigue at 12 months.

From evidence-based novel therapies for bipolar depression to potential indicators of early-stage Alzheimer disease, here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.

Results show comparisons between intranasal and intracerebroventricular distribution of an oxytocin derivative.

Can Alzheimer disease research offer the key to effective treatment?

A reminder to cherish your parents and the older adults in your life.

How does COVID-19 contribute to cognitive impairment in older adults and future cases of dementia?

With the growing elderly population and the prevalence of cognitive impairment, how can we protect older adults from financial scams?

A study compared matcha, a highly caffeinated green tea, to other sources of caffeine. Which had the greatest cognitive benefits?

Statistical findings from longitudinal studies of mental health among 9/11 witnesses and first responders.

A growing body of scientific literature makes the case.

The world is facing a cognition crisis. Here’s how to face it with measurement-based cognitive care.

Sleep problems are understudied, underdiagnosed, and undertreated.

When do cognitive impairments emerge in patients with schizophrenia?

Aerobic exercise has been found to exert a positive effect on global cognition and some, but not all, cognitive domains in patients with schizophrenia.

Neuropsychiatric manifestations of Huntington disease can present decades before the motor symptoms become apparent, making the role of the psychiatrist all the more important.

Brain health disorders cost the global economy more than $3 trillion per year in lost productivity. What can we do about it?

Cognitive impairment is not always associated with dementia. For this reason, a full comprehensive history is an integral component of any assessment. Take the quiz to learn more.

Is it possible to use cognitive testing, which is brief, easily performed, reliable, and noninvasive, to identify individuals at risk for psychosis?

How do men versus women with schizophrenia fare clinically, functionally, and neuropsychologically over the long term?

Evidence suggests that physical activity aids in alleviating mild to moderate symptoms of depression in patients and may promote clinically significant antidepressant effects.

For many patients, the most painful part of bipolar disorder is the loss of control over their own mind.

In psychiatry, 2 patients with the same condition are never the same.

There are a number of cognitive screening tools designed to help offer timely, quality care for the elderly and those struggling with cognitive loss and dementia.

Which pharmacotherapeutic approach is most effective for cognitive enhancement? Test your knowledge with this quiz.

In comparison to the classic presentation of schizophrenia, ANMDARE features a later age of onset, female predominance, visual hallucinations, relative lack of cognitive disorganization, and a lack of an extended prodromal period.

The first therapy to target the primary mechanism of the disease is safe and well tolerated, say study investigators.

Cognitive problems have historically been the last to be recognized and treated in the clinical setting.