Cross-disorder and disorder-specific deficits in social functioning among schizophrenia and alzheimer's disease patients.
Ilja M J SarisMoji AghajaniNiels JongsLianne M ReusNic J A van der WeeAmy C BilderbeckInge Winter van RossumCelso ArangoAlejandro de la Torre-LuqueAsad MalikAndreea RaslescuGerard R DawsonJosé L Ayuso-MateosMartien J H KasBrenda W J H PenninxPublished in: PloS one (2022)
AD and SZ patients both exhibit poor social functioning in comparison to age- and sex matched HC participants. Social dysfunction in SZ patients may be more severe than in AD patients, though this may be due to underreporting by AD patients. Across patients, social functioning appeared as more influenced by mood states than by severity of disease.