Features of cognitive disorders in schizophrenia and treatment tactics Tolqinovich Tilavov Maruf1 1Assistant, Department Psychiatry, Narcology and Medical Psychology, Bukhara State Medical Institute named after Abu Ali ibn Sino, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, Email id: maruftilavov7@gmail.com Online Published on 14 July, 2022. Abstract Cognitive dysfunction is a core feature of schizophrenia. Deficits are moderate to severe across several domains, including attention, working memory, verbal learning and memory, and executive functions. These deficits pre-date the onset of frank psychosis and are stable throughout the course of the illness in most patients. Over the past decade, the focus on these deficits has increased dramatically with the recognition that they are consistently the best predictor offunctional outcomes across outcome domains and patient samples. Recent treatment studies, both pharmacological and behavioral, suggest that cognitive deficits are malleable. Other research calls into question the meaningfulness of cognitive change in schizophrenia. In this article, we review cognitive deficits in schizophrenia and focus on their treatment and relationship to functional outcome. Top Keywords Schizophrenia, Cognitive Disorders, Social Maladaptation, Negative Symptoms, Treatment Tactics, Antipsychotics. Top |