J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 1996; 8:85-87
Copyright © 1996 by American Neuropsychiatric Association
The effect of a split in WAIS-R VIQ and PIQ scores on patients with cognitive impairment and psychiatric illness
F Hackerman, DL Buccino, G Gallucci and CW Schmidt Jr
Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
This study examined the clinical effects of cognitive impairment on the
course of patients who have a major psychiatric disorder. Surprisingly, a
statistical split between Verbal and Performance IQ on the Wechsler Adult
Intelligence Scale-Revised is not a marker for greater psychiatric
morbidity.
