Comparing neurocognition in severe chronic schizophrenia and frontotemporal dementia.

The article discusses a study aimed at directly comparing performance across different neuropsychological domains in patients with severe chronic schizophrenia and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Topics discussed include the identification of neuropsychological similarities and differences between the chronic schizophrenia and FTD groups and indications that patients with severe chronic schizophrenia have cognitive deficits similar in pattern to patients with FTD.