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Prospective Memory In Schizophrenia: Relationship To Medication Management Skills, Neurocognition And Symptoms In Individuals With Schizophrenia [Pre-Print], Sarah Raskin, Jacqueline Maye, Alexandra Rogers, David Correll, Marta Zamroziewicz, Matthew Kurtz

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Objective: Impaired adherence to medication regimens is a serious concern for individuals with schizophrenia
linked to relapse and poorer outcomes. One possible reason for poor adherence to medication is
poor ability to remember future intentions, labeled prospective memory skills. It has been demonstrated
in several studies that individuals with schizophrenia have impairments in prospective memory that are
linked to everyday life skills. However, there have been no studies, to our knowledge, examining the
relationship of a clinical measure of prospective memory to medication management skills, a key element
of successful adherence. Methods: In this Study 41 individuals with schizophrenia and …