Prospective cohort study of the relationship between neuro-cognition social cognition and violence in forensic patients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder

摘要

BackgroundThere is a broad literature suggesting that cognitive difficulties are associated with violence across a variety of groups. Although neurocognitive and social cognitive deficits are core features of schizophrenia, evidence of a relationship between cognitive impairments and violence within this patient population has been mixed.