Neurocognitive deficits are common in a range of psychiatric disorders. It has been observed in acute illness periods and even in a proportion of patients with psychiatric disorders after remission from psychopathological symptoms. The residual neurocognitive deficits persist in patients with psychiatric disorders despite treatment, resulting in a lifelong illness burden that may also contribute to recurrent relapses. Evidence shows neurocognitive impairments can predict poor response to treatment, and ‘cognitive remission’ is increasingly discussed as a therapeutic target to improve functioning and prevent relapses in psychiatric disorders. This Research Topic will focus on cutting-edge approaches to explore the mechanism of neurocognitive deficits in psychiatric disorders and the implications of these findings for advancing the development of novel disease-modifying, pro-cognitive interventions.
This Research Topic aims to collect neuroimaging and epidemiological studies that use cutting-edge approaches to investigate the neural substrate and other risk factors of working memory deficits in psychiatric disorders at different phases. The high-risk group is also one of the concentrated research objects of this topic. Studies looking into the shared and specific neural abnormalities of neurocognitive deficits between different psychiatric disorders are also encouraged to be conducted. We also want to recruit longitudinal studies that investigate the underlying mechanism of the different treatment strategies (including drugs, brain stimulation, cognitive behavior therapy, etc.) effects on neurocognitive deficits in psychiatric disorders. These findings can help to predict the efficacy of putative interventions in patients at an early stage, thus providing efficient filtering for treatments to undergo a later phase.
We welcome articles on, but not limited to, the following subtopics:
- Neuroimaging and epidemiological studies of neurocognitive deficits in psychiatric disorders or high-risk groups;
- Shared and specific neural abnormalities and risk factors of neurocognitive deficits
between different psychiatric disorders;
- Longitudinal studies of treatment effects on neurocognitive deficits;
- Cutting-edge approaches to explore the brain network pattern during neurocognitive
task;
- Review articles describing and summarizing the research advances of neurocognitive
deficits on psychiatric disorders.
Neurocognitive deficits are common in a range of psychiatric disorders. It has been observed in acute illness periods and even in a proportion of patients with psychiatric disorders after remission from psychopathological symptoms. The residual neurocognitive deficits persist in patients with psychiatric disorders despite treatment, resulting in a lifelong illness burden that may also contribute to recurrent relapses. Evidence shows neurocognitive impairments can predict poor response to treatment, and ‘cognitive remission’ is increasingly discussed as a therapeutic target to improve functioning and prevent relapses in psychiatric disorders. This Research Topic will focus on cutting-edge approaches to explore the mechanism of neurocognitive deficits in psychiatric disorders and the implications of these findings for advancing the development of novel disease-modifying, pro-cognitive interventions.
This Research Topic aims to collect neuroimaging and epidemiological studies that use cutting-edge approaches to investigate the neural substrate and other risk factors of working memory deficits in psychiatric disorders at different phases. The high-risk group is also one of the concentrated research objects of this topic. Studies looking into the shared and specific neural abnormalities of neurocognitive deficits between different psychiatric disorders are also encouraged to be conducted. We also want to recruit longitudinal studies that investigate the underlying mechanism of the different treatment strategies (including drugs, brain stimulation, cognitive behavior therapy, etc.) effects on neurocognitive deficits in psychiatric disorders. These findings can help to predict the efficacy of putative interventions in patients at an early stage, thus providing efficient filtering for treatments to undergo a later phase.
We welcome articles on, but not limited to, the following subtopics:
- Neuroimaging and epidemiological studies of neurocognitive deficits in psychiatric disorders or high-risk groups;
- Shared and specific neural abnormalities and risk factors of neurocognitive deficits
between different psychiatric disorders;
- Longitudinal studies of treatment effects on neurocognitive deficits;
- Cutting-edge approaches to explore the brain network pattern during neurocognitive
task;
- Review articles describing and summarizing the research advances of neurocognitive
deficits on psychiatric disorders.
