Psychiatry Research
Volume 121, Issue 3 , Pages 303-307, 1 January 2004

Academic deterioration prior to first episode schizophrenia in young Singaporean males

  • Yong-Guan Ang

      Affiliations

    • Psychological Care Centre, Military Medicine Institute, Headquarters Singapore Armed Forces Medical Corps, Singapore
    • ,
  • Hao-Yang Tan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074, Singapore
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +65-67724511; fax: +65-67772191

Received 3 October 2002; received in revised form 4 August 2003; accepted 16 September 2003.

Abstract 

There has been relatively little study of the longitudinal course of cognitive functioning before the onset of schizophrenia. We report scores from standardized academic examinations at ages 12 and 16 years of 30 male patients with a first episode of schizophrenia (FES) and a normal control group balanced for gender, age, parental socio–economic class and academic scores at age 12. The FES group had greater deterioration in mathematics scores and poorer educational outcome, possibly reflecting neurocognitive changes that preceded the onset of schizophrenia.

Keywords: Cognition, Prodrome, Education, Psychosis

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PII: S0165-1781(03)00257-9

doi:10.1016/S0165-1781(03)00257-9

Psychiatry Research
Volume 121, Issue 3 , Pages 303-307, 1 January 2004

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