The influence of autistic symptoms on social and non-social cognition and on real-life functioning in people with schizophrenia: Evidence from the Italian Network for Research on Psychoses multicenter study.
Antonio VitaStefano BarlatiGiacomo DestePaola RoccaAlessandro RossiAlessandro BertolinoEugenio AgugliaMario AmoreAntonello BellomoMassimo BiondiBernardo CarpinelloEnrico CollantoniAlessandro CuomoEnrico D'AmbrosioLiliana Dell' OssoMassimo di GiannantonioGiulia Maria GiordanoCarlo MarchesiPalmiero MonteleoneCristiana MontemagniCristiana MontemagniMaurizio PompiliRita RonconeAlessandro RossiAlberto SiracusanoPatrizia ZeppegnoGabriele NibbioSilvana GalderisiMario Majnull nullPublished in: European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists (2020)
These findings strengthen the notion that ASD symptoms may have a relevant impact on different aspects of the disease, crucial to the life of people with schizophrenia. Prominent ASD symptoms may characterize a specific subpopulation of individuals with SSD.