Psychiatric News (1/11) reports, “Children with a family history of schizophrenia who have early deficits in ‘set shifting,’” that is, “the ability to fluidly move from one cognitive task to another,” may “be at increased risk for psychotic experiences in later childhood compared with children who have similar deficits but no family history of schizophrenia,” researchers concluded in a study that “assessed neurocognition in 449 children aged seven years who were participants in the Danish High Risk and Resilience Study – a prospective cohort study of children who have at least one biological parent with a schizophrenia spectrum diagnosis, bipolar disorder, or neither diagnosis.” The findings were published online Dec. 22 in the Schizophrenia Bulletin.
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— “Cognitive Deficits in Early Childhood Linked to Later Psychotic Experiences, Psychiatric News, January 11, 2023