Correlates of cognitive impairment in first episode schizophrenia: The EUFEST study

Galderisi, Silvana; Davidson, Michael; Kahn, René S.; Mucci, Armida; Boter, Han; Gheorghe, Mihai D.; Rybakowski, Janusz K.; Libiger, Jan; Dollfus, Sonia; López-Ibor, Juan J.; Peuskens, Joseph; Hranov, Luchezar G.; Fleischhacker, Wolfgang W.; EUFEST group,

doi:10.1016/j.schres.2009.09.022

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Volume 115, Issue 2 , Pages 104-114, December 2009

Correlates of cognitive impairment in first episode schizophrenia: The EUFEST study

Silvana Galderisi
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples SUN, Naples, Italy
- Corresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples SUN, Largo Madonna delle Grazie, 80138 Naples, Italy. Tel.: +39 081 5666504; fax: +39 081 5666523.
Michael Davidson
- Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
René S. Kahn
- Department of Psychiatry, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Armida Mucci
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples SUN, Naples, Italy
Han Boter
- Department of Psychiatry, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Mihai D. Gheorghe
- Department of Psychiatry, Central Military Hospital, Bucharest, Romania
Janusz K. Rybakowski
- Department of Adult Psychiatry, University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
Jan Libiger
- Department and Clinic of Psychiatry, Charles University Medical School and Faculty Hospital, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
Sonia Dollfus
- Centre Esquirol, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Caen, France
Juan J. López-Ibor
- Institute of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
Joseph Peuskens
- University Psychiatric Centre, Campus St. Jozef Kortenberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Luchezar G. Hranov
- Department and Clinic of Psychiatry, University Hospital of Neurology and Psychiatry St Naum, Sofia, Bulgaria
Wolfgang W. Fleischhacker
- Department of Biological Psychiatry, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
EUFEST group
- Management group: R S Kahn, WW Fleischhacker, H Boter, C Brugman, H Burger, D E Grobbee, M C Hafkamp, I P M Keet, K Nijssen. Steering Committee: R S Kahn, WW Fleischhacker, H Boter, I P M Keet, C Brugman, M Davidson, S Dollfus, W Gaebel, S Galderisi, M Gheorghe, I Gonen, D E Grobbee, L G Hranov, M Hummer, J Libiger, N Lindefors, JJ López-Ibor, K Nijssen, J Peuskens, A Riecher-Rössler, JK Rybakowski, G Sedvall, M v Wilmsdorff. Office manager: P C Ywema. Julius Centre Study Team: data management—N Boekema, H den Breeijen, M van den Haak, P Huizinga, R Veen; project managers—C Brugman, M C Hafkamp, KM Nijssen; site monitoring—P Berackova, A Blizanowska, C Brugman, M C Hafkamp, T Huizinga, H van Gelderen, M Gordat, S Lorteau, G Makhanlal, H Moqadar. Tangent Data Study Team (co-monitoring Romania): I Gonen, A Mihailescu, R Radici, C Zus. Participating investigators (CC=Country coordinator; SC=site coordinator), centres, and countries: Austria—M Hummer (CC and SC Innsbruck), M Muhlbacher (SC Salzburg), H Widmoser (SC Hall in Tirol); Belgium—J Peuskens (CC), J Hulselmans (SC Antwerpen), C Mertens (SC Gent),E Thijs (SC Kortenberg); Bulgaria—L G Hranov (CC and SC Sofi a),S Georgiev (SC Plovdiv), L Sayan (SC Bourgas); Czech Republic—J Libiger (CC and SC Hradec Kràlové, E Češkovà (SC Brno), D Seifertovà (SC Praha-Bohnice); France: S Dollfus (CC and SC Caen I), G Allio (SC Rouen), B Chabot (SC Caen II), A Navarre Coulaud (SC Dieppe), P Thomas (SC Lille); Germany—W Gaebel (CC), M Krebs (SC Berlin), R Lencer (SC L・eck), K Leopold (SC Berlin), T Wobrock (SC Homburg); Israel—M Davidson (CC), Y Abramovitch (SC Beer-Yaakov), D Amital (SC Ness Ziona), A Caspi (SC Ramat Gan), A Kaplan (SC Beer Sheva), I Treves (SC Shalvata), P Zipris (SC Pardessiya); Italy—S Galderisi (CC), M Casacchia (SC L'Aquila), M Mauri (SC Milano II), A Mucci (SC Naples); Netherlands—H Boter (CC and SC Utrecht), I P M Keet (CC and SC Utrecht); Poland—JK Rybakowski (CC and SC Poznan), M Jarema (SC Warsaw), M Masiak (SC Lublin), J Rabe-Jablonska (SC Lodz); Romania—M Gheorghe (CC), V Burtea (SC Brasov), P Boisteanu (SC Iasi), C Friedman (SC Constanta), M Ienciu (SC Timisoara), A Ionescu (SC Buzau), I Miclutia (SC Cluj), T Mihai (SC Tulcea), D Prelipceanu (SC Bucuresti II), T Udistroiu (SC Craiova), D Vasile (SC Bucuresti I); Spain—JJ López-Ibor (CC), JL Carrasco (SC Madrid); Sweden—N Lindefors (CC and SC Stockholm), G Sedvall (CC), F A Wiesel (SC Uppsala); Switzerland—A Riecher-Rössler (CC), U Gschwandtner (SC Basel).