Impairment of story memory organization in patients with schizophrenia.

Psychiatry Clin Neurosci

Department of Neuropsychology and Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan.

Published: August 2007

The aim of the present paper was to examine the organization of story memory in schizophrenia. Participants were 35 patients with schizophrenia and 24 healthy subjects who completed the Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised. The organization of story memory was evaluated with the Logical Memory subtest. Schizophrenia patients scored significantly lower than controls on thematic sequencing, and significant negative correlations were found between positive symptoms and thematic sequencing. These findings suggest that schizophrenia has deficits in organization of story memory, which are related to symptoms such as disorganized thoughts and behavior.

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