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The Frontal Lobe Neuropsychological Tests in Patients With Schizophrenia and/or Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Received January 29, 2002; revised May 31, 2002; accepted June 6, 2002. From the Clinical Neuropsychological Unit, University School of Medicine, Bydgoszcz, Poland; Department of Psychiatry, University School of Medicine, Bydgoszcz, Poland; Department of Adult Psychiatry, University of Medical Sciences, Pozna, Poland. Address correspondence to Dr. Alina Borkowska, Clinical Neuropsychology Unit, University School of Medicine, Bydgoszicz, Poland; alab{at}amb.bydgoszcz.pl (E-mail).

This study compared the performances of matched schizophrenia patients with or without obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptoms, patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and control subjects on selected frontal lobe tests. Schizophrenic patients without OC were the most impaired; and OCD patients were the least, while schizophrenic patients with OC scored between these two groups.

Key Words: schizophrenia • OCD • neuropsychology • frontal lobe tests

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