Executive function in schizophrenia: is it linked to psychosis and poor life functioning?

The authors examined the relationship of major aspects of executive function to acute psychosis and long-term outcome in patients enrolled in a 15-year study of the natural history of psychosis. They evaluated 157 patients, including 42 schizophrenic, 42 other psychotic, and 73 nonpsychotic psychiatric patients 15 years after index hospitalization. Patients were administered the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) and measures of psychosis and posthospital adjustment.

Neuropsychological functioning in a cohort of HIV infected women: importance of antiretroviral therapy.

We evaluated neurocognitive function in 149 HIV-seropositive and 82 seronegative women enrolled in the Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS), a large multi-center study of disease progression in women living with HIV/AIDS. We evaluated the prevalence of abnormal neuropsychological (NP) test findings in HIV-seropositive and seronegative women and factors associated with increased risk of abnormal NP test performance. Risk of NP impairment was no higher for HIV positive women receiving antiretroviral therapy at testing than for HIV-negative women (OR = 1.