Title:
Differential cognitive deficits in a forensic population with schizophrenia
Author:
Barbara Ann Golden
Thesis Advisor:
Jenny Lowry
Committee Member:
Matthew Kirkhart
Committee Member:
Sidney Binks
Degree Granting Institution:
Loyola University Maryland--College of Arts and Sciences
Place:
Baltimore (Md.)
Publisher:
Loyola University Maryland
Date Created:
2000
Type of Resource:
text
Genre:
thesis
Language:
eng
Format:
application/pdf
Physical Form:
electronic
Digital Source:
reformatted digital
Abstract:
This study attempted to address the paucity of research with forensic inpatients with schizophrenia (n = 74) by collecting Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - III (WAIS-III) and Wide Range Achievement-3 (WRAT-3) reading subtest data, exploring potential discrepancies within their cognitive profiles and comparing their cognitive profiles with a sample of community based patients with schizophrenia (n = 33). Both the discrepancy analysis and inpatient/outpatient sample comparison utilized the factors from the WAIS-III because their conorming provides the advantage of increased sensitivity and specificity in the areas of verbal comprehension (VC), perceptual organization (PO), processing speed (PS) and working memory (WM). Normative data for the forensic inpatients with schizophrenia is presented. Within the sample of forensic inpatients, results do not show lower Full Scale IQ (FSIQ) scores than WRAT-3 Reading scores, but do show differential cognitive deficits in both WM and PS for the forensic inpatients. Comparisons between the inpatients and outpatients show VC and PO as significant strengths for the outpatient sample. The data suggest a trend that forensic inpatients have greater deterioration in both FSIQ and PS when compared to the outpatient sample. The resultant normative data, intra-cognitive discrepancy profiles, and comparison between inpatients and outpatients provide resources for clinicians' treatment planning and suggestions for cognitive rehabilitation, as well as highlight the need for future research at the intersection of forensic neuropsychology, schizophrenia, substance dependence and educational poverty.
Subject:
Schizophrenics--Psychological testing
Subject:
Mentally ill prisoners--Psychological testing
Subject:
Cognition disorders
Degree:
Doctor of Psychology
Level:
Doctoral
Discipline:
Psychology
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Identifier:
GoldenBA-00