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. 2023 Aug;32(8):1463-1473.
doi: 10.1007/s00787-022-01957-0. Epub 2022 Feb 17.

Cognitive reserve and its correlates in child and adolescent offspring of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder

Patricia Camprodon-Boadas  1   2   3 , Mireia Rosa-Justicia  4 , Gisela Sugranyes  1   5   4 , Dolores Moreno  5   6   7 , Inmaculada Baeza  1   5   4   3 , Daniel Ilzarbe  1   4   3 , Covadonga Martínez Díaz-Caneja  6 , Mirian Ayora  6 , Jessica Merchan  6 , Nuria Martín  6 , Roger Borras  2 , Clemente García-Rizo  2   5   8 , Carla Torrent  5   4   3   9 , Josefina Castro-Fornieles #  1   5   4   3 , Elena de la Serna #  10   11
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Cognitive reserve and its correlates in child and adolescent offspring of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder

Patricia Camprodon-Boadas et al. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2023 Aug.
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Abstract

Aim: To analyze cognitive reserve (CR) in child and adolescent offspring of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia (SZ-off) or bipolar disorder (BD-off) and compare them with a group of community controls (CC-off). We also aimed to investigate whether there was an association between CR and clinical and neuropsychological variables according to group.

Methods: The study included 46 SZ-off, 105 BD-off and 102 CC-off. All participants completed assessments regarding CR and clinical, neuropsychological and psychosocial functioning. CR was measured with a proxy based on premorbid intelligence, parental occupational level, educational attainment, developmental milestones and sociability. The clinical assessment included the Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia, Present and Lifetime, the Semi-structured Interview for Prodromal Syndromes, and the Global Assessment Functioning scale. The neuropsychological assessment included measures of executive functioning, attention, verbal memory, working memory and processing speed.

Results: SZ-off showed a lower level of CR compared to BD-off and CC-off, while BD-off showed an intermediate level of CR between SZ-off and CC-off. Moreover, an association between higher CR and less lifetime psychopathology, fewer prodromal psychotic symptoms, higher psychosocial functioning, and a higher working memory score was observed in all groups, but it was stronger in SZ-off.

Conclusions: CR seemed to be associated with psychopathology, clinical symptoms, psychosocial functioning, and some cognitive functions. SZ-off appeared to benefit more from a higher CR, therefore it could be considered a protective factor against the development of clinical symptomatology and cognitive impairment.

Keywords: Bipolar disorder; Cognition; Cognitive reserve; Prodromal symptoms; Psychopathology; Schizophrenia.

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