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Neurocognitive performance and functional disability in the psychosis prodromeTara A Niendam
Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1563, USA
Schizophr Res 84:100-11. 2006..This study evaluates the pattern of neuropsychological deficits and their association with clinical symptomatology and social functioning in individuals identified as ultra-high-risk (UHR) for psychosis...
The course of neurocognition and social functioning in individuals at ultra high risk for psychosisTara A Niendam
Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1285 Franz Hall, Box 951563, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1563, USA
Schizophr Bull 33:772-81. 2007..This study evaluates longitudinal neuropsychological performance and its association with clinical symptomatology and psychosocial outcome in individuals identified as ultra high risk (UHR) for psychosis...
Ecological assessment of executive dysfunction in the psychosis prodrome: a pilot studyTara A Niendam
Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1285 Franz Hall, Box 951563, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1563, United States
Schizophr Res 93:350-4. 2007..The BRIEF appears to capture unique aspects of executive dysfunction, possibly associated with illness progression and functioning in the psychosis prodrome...
Processing speed and neurodevelopment in adolescent-onset psychosis: cognitive slowing predicts social functionPeter Bachman
Semel Institute of Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1759, USA
J Abnorm Child Psychol 40:645-54. 2012..This pattern is consistent with the view that adolescent brain developmental processes, such as myelination, may be disrupted in these patients...
A prospective study of childhood neurocognitive functioning in schizophrenic patients and their siblingsTara A Niendam
Department of Psychology, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Am J Psychiatry 160:2060-2. 2003..However, the probands exhibited more severe deficits in perceptual-motor speed and speeded processes of working memory than their unaffected siblings...
Gender differences in symptoms, functioning and social support in patients at ultra-high risk for developing a psychotic disorderRachael K Willhite
University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Psychology, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States
Schizophr Res 104:237-45. 2008..Follow-up studies should examine the relationship between symptoms, functioning and social support in this population...
Use of eye movement monitoring to examine item and relational memory in schizophreniaDeborah E Hannula
Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Biol Psychiatry 68:610-6. 2010..This method does not rely on introspection and may be more readily translated to animal models than traditional behavioral methods...
Psychoeducational multi-family group treatment with adolescents at high risk for developing psychosisMary P O'Brien
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
Early Interv Psychiatry 1:325-32. 2007..In this study, we investigate the feasibility and acceptability of a 9-month psychoeducational multi-family group (PMFG) intervention for adolescents who are at ultra-high-risk (UHR) for developing psychosis...
White matter integrity and prediction of social and role functioning in subjects at ultra-high risk for psychosisKatherine H Karlsgodt
Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles UCLA, California 90095 1563, USA
Biol Psychiatry 66:562-9. 2009....
Meta-analytic evidence for a superordinate cognitive control network subserving diverse executive functionsTara A Niendam
Imaging Research Center, University of California, Davis, 4701 X Street, Suite E, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci 12:241-68. 2012..These results are consistent with the existence of a superordinate cognitive control network in the brain, involving dorsolateral prefrontal, anterior cingulate, and parietal cortices, that supports a broad range of executive functions...
Obsessive compulsive symptoms in the psychosis prodrome: correlates of clinical and functional outcomeTara A Niendam
Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1285 Franz Hall, Box 951563, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1563, USA
Schizophr Res 108:170-5. 2009..However, the prevalence of obsessive compulsive symptomatology (OCS) and its relationship to outcome has not been evaluated in adolescents at ultra high-risk for psychosis (UHR)...
The psychosis prodrome in adolescent patients viewed through the lens of DSM-IVStephanie E Meyer
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital, University of California Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 15:434-51. 2005..However, the array of symptomatology in these patients is broad and has not yet been systematically characterized using established diagnostic and assessment tools...
Cognitive control deficits in schizophrenia: mechanisms and meaningTyler A Lesh
Department of Psychiatry, UC Davis Imaging Research Center, Davis School of Medicine, University of California, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Neuropsychopharmacology 36:316-38. 2011..Finally, we discuss recent advances in the neuropharmacology of cognition and how they can inform a targeted approach to the development of effective therapies for this disabling aspect of schizophrenia...
The feasibility of neuropsychological endophenotypes in the search for genes associated with bipolar affective disorderDavid C Glahn
Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 78229 3900, USA
Bipolar Disord 6:171-82. 2004..We reviewed the literature to determine if neuropsychological measures could be used as effective endophenotypes to aid molecular genetic studies searching for genes predisposing to BPD...
