“Does Schizophrenia affect (reduce) intelligence?”
Perhaps it affects it indirectly? Perhaps different people have different situations?
Male | 24 years old
3 Answers
Yes, schizophrenia symptoms directly negatively impact measures of intelligence, especially memory and verbal language abilities.
Schizophrenia, when treated adequately, does not reduce person's intellect. However, if not treated, it may cause significant cognitive dysfunction.
See this link..
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00293/full#:~:text=Consistent%20with%20previous%20studies%2C%20approximately,patients%20showed%20deterioration%20of%20IQ.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5743746/
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https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/pdf/10.1176/ajp.154.5.635
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00293/full#:~:text=Consistent%20with%20previous%20studies%2C%20approximately,patients%20showed%20deterioration%20of%20IQ.
or
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5743746/
or
https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/pdf/10.1176/ajp.154.5.635
