Cognitive deficits and its relation with psychopathology and global functioning in first episode schizophrenia.

Aim: The aim was to examine the cognitive deficits profile in first episode schizophrenia patients as well as examine the correlation between cognitive deficits, psychopathology and global functioning. Better understanding of these various facets of this debilitating illness is imperative in planning treatment, thereby limiting decline in global functioning.

Methods: Forty-nine schizophrenia patients with illness duration less than two years comprised the sample.