ABSTRACT
Schizophrenia often entails difficulties in social and/or occupational
functioning. While positive (i.e. hallucinations, delusions) and negative
(i.e. amotivation, apathy, asociality, anhedonia) symptoms can certainly be
distressing in and of themselves, the deleterious effect they have on both
community adjustment and subjective quality of life cannot be overesti-
mated1-5. Cognitive impairments (problems in concentration, attention, and
memory) in schizophrenia are also highly related to poorer functional out-
comes6,7 (see Chapter 4).
