Table of Contents

Preface; Part I. Characteristics of Cognitive Impairment in Schizophrenia: 1. Cognition in schizophrenia as a central illness feature R. Walter Heinrichs, Ashley A. Miles, Narmeen Anmari and Eva Muharib; 2. The multi-faceted, 'global' cognitive impairment profile in schizophrenia Dwight Dickinson, Jonathan Schaefer and Daniel R. Weinberger; 3. Comparative impairments across schizophrenia and bipolar disorder Christopher R. Bowie, Katherine Holshausen and Maya Gupta; 4. Cognitive impairment and symptom dimensions in psychosis Manuela Russo, Robin Murray and Abraham Reichenberg; Part II. Functional Implications and Course: 5. Neurocognition and functional outcome in schizophrenia: filling in the gaps Michael F. Green, William P. Horan, Kristopher I. Mathis and Jonathan K. Wynn; 6. Cognition and work functioning in schizophrenia Susan McGurk and Kim Mueser; 7. Cognition and functional status in adult and older patients with schizophrenia Sara J. Czaja and David Loewenstein; 8. Social cognition and its relationship to neurocognition Amy E. Pinkham; 9. Cognitive functioning and awareness of illness in schizophrenia: a review and meta-analysis Akshay Nair, André Aleman and Anthony S. David; Part III. Genetic and Biological Contributions to Cognitive Impairment: 10. Genetic influences on cognition in schizophrenia Katherine E. Burdick, Benjamin Glicksberg and Gary Donohoe; 11. Neurobiological determinants of cognition Daniel C. Javitt; 12. Translational cognitive neuroscience of schizophrenia: bridging neurocognitive and computational approaches towards understanding cognitive defects Alan Anticejic, John H. Krystal and Deanna M. Barch; Part IV. Assessment and Treatment of Cognitive Impairment and Related Features: 13. Assessment of cognition in schizophrenia treatment studies Richard Keefe; 14. Performance-based measures of functioning in schizophrenia Colin A. Depp, Laura Vergel de Dios, Brent Mausbach and Thomas Patterson; 15. Pharmacological approaches to cognitive enhancement Philip D. Harvey; 16. Computerized cognitive training in schizophrenia: current knowledge and future directions Melissa Fisher, Karuna Subramaniam, Rogerio Panizzutti and Sophia Vinogradov; Index.

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Provides state-of-the-art information about cognition in schizophrenia with a wide ranging focus on measuring and treating cognitive deficits.

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Philip D. Harvey, PhD is Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.

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