Room: Nautical Wheeler
Speaker(s):
Mariana Edwards, MD
Presentation: Schizophrenia is a chronic illness that affects approximately 23 million people in the world. It is associated with high chronic risk of suicide and lifelong functional impairment, and it is one of the leading 15 causes of disability. People with schizophrenia are at more vulnerable to human rights violations, neglect, and homelessness and there is still stigma about the illness from society at large.
Objectives:
- Highlight data and statistics about schizophrenia, and its cognitive symptoms
- Present case of a patient with schizophrenia with prominent cognitive symptoms
- Talk about cognitive symptoms and social difficulties in schizophrenia
- Talk about the overall negative impact of cognitive symptoms in the lives of patients with schizophrenia
- Discuss evidence-based treatments of cognitive symptoms in schizophrenia
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