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Disability in Schizophrenia: The Psychosocial and Neurocognitive Perspective

Disability in Schizophrenia: The Psychosocial and Neurocognitive Perspective

Akash Mahato, Susmita Halder
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 15
ISBN13: 9781522505198|ISBN10: 1522505199|EISBN13: 9781522505204
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0519-8.ch010
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Mahato, Akash, and Susmita Halder. "Disability in Schizophrenia: The Psychosocial and Neurocognitive Perspective." Chronic Mental Illness and the Changing Scope of Intervention Strategies, Diagnosis, and Treatment, edited by Barre Vijaya Prasad, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 188-202. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0519-8.ch010

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Mahato, A. & Halder, S. (2017). Disability in Schizophrenia: The Psychosocial and Neurocognitive Perspective. In B. Prasad (Ed.), Chronic Mental Illness and the Changing Scope of Intervention Strategies, Diagnosis, and Treatment (pp. 188-202). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0519-8.ch010

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Mahato, Akash, and Susmita Halder. "Disability in Schizophrenia: The Psychosocial and Neurocognitive Perspective." In Chronic Mental Illness and the Changing Scope of Intervention Strategies, Diagnosis, and Treatment, edited by Barre Vijaya Prasad, 188-202. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0519-8.ch010

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Abstract

Schizophrenia is considered to be the paradigmatic illness of psychiatry. The illness is characterized by marked disturbances and abnormalities in the domains of thought, perception, speech, emotion and behavior. The expression of the symptoms varies across patients and over time, but the cumulative effect of the illness is always severe and usually long lasting. Schizophrenia often takes a chronic course and patients exhibit difficulty re-attaining their optimum level even after resolution of clinical symptoms. Disability though is associated with many illnesses, with arguably the disability associated with chronic mental illness and schizophrenia in particular is more difficult to cope up with due to the associated stigma and care burden. The chapter focuses on different aspects of disability in schizophrenia with specific emphasis on neurocognitive and psychosocial functioning and their correlation in schizophrenia, with support from research by the author and relevant literature.

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