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or concentrating (affective and cognitive symptoms). Yet "dealing with affective and cognitive impairment has not yet become prominent on the clinical horizon," according to Nina R. Schooler, PhD, adjunct professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University School of Medicine, an author of the statement.

The supplement and consensus statement were developed to encourage physicians to address the debilitating effects of depression, cognitive impairment and other aspects of the disease that dramatically impact the quality of life for people with schizophrenia," said David L. Ginsberg, MD, director of Outpatient Services, Tisch Hospital Department of Psychiatry at New York University Medical Center and section editor of MBL Communications, Inc., publishers of Primary Psychiatry and CNS Spectrums.

The supplement, entitled Optimizing Treatment of Schizophrenia: Enhancing Affective/Cognitive and Depressive Functioning, includes a discussion of the results of a new Harris Interactive national consumer survey of people with schizophrenia, which clearly illustrates the problem:

65% reported that, when making treatment decisions, their doctors place "a great deal" of importance on positive symptoms while only 37% felt their doctor places "a great deal" of importance on cognitive symptoms.

Among those taking antipsychotics, 77% said their medication does not adequately help their ability to focus and concentrate.

Among those taking antipsychotics, most (74%) also feel their current medication falls short in controlling depression while 49% of all respondents said their doctors place "a great deal" of importance on depression when making treatment decisions.

Yet patients report that it is as important to control affective and cognitive symptoms such as depression (77%), problems doing daily activities (85%), and inability to focus/concentrate (81%), as it is to control hallucinations and delusions (84%).
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