Cognitive deterioration in schizophrenia: aging and cerebrovascular disease

Emilio González-Pablos; Rosa Sanguino-Andrés; José A López-Villalobos; Federico Iglesias-Santa Polonia; Guillermo Hoyos-Villagrá; Clara González-Sanguino

doi:10.1017/S1041610218000807

Cognitive deterioration in schizophrenia: aging and cerebrovascular disease

Int Psychogeriatr. 2019 Feb;31(2):303-304. doi: 10.1017/S1041610218000807. Epub 2018 Jun 25.

Authors

Emilio González-Pablos¹, Rosa Sanguino-Andrés², José A López-Villalobos², Federico Iglesias-Santa Polonia², Guillermo Hoyos-Villagrá¹, Clara González-Sanguino³

Affiliations

¹ Centro Sociosanitario Hermanas Hospitalarias de Palencia,Palencia,Spain.
² Complejo Asistencial Universitario,Palencia,Spain.
³ Universidad Complutense de Madrid,Madrid,Spain.

PMID: 29936917
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610218000807

Abstract

Today, cognitive dysfunction is accepted as a feature of schizophrenia. As the patients age, this dysfunction is higher and harder to evaluate due to the interaction among aging, other somatic diseases, psychoactive drugs, etc.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aging*
Cerebrovascular Disorders / complications*
Cerebrovascular Disorders / diagnostic imaging
Cognition Disorders / complications*
Cognition Disorders / psychology
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Schizophrenia / complications*
Schizophrenic Psychology
White Matter / diagnostic imaging