Diagnosis of cognitive processes among people with
schizophrenia has practical implications regarding their future
functioning in society. It has been found that cognitive weakness is
significantly related to adjustment to “real life” more than negative
symptoms are. Nevertheless, the researchers argued, it may be that
neuropsychological performance is related more to the ability to
perform real life skills and negative symptoms are related to the
probability of actually performing these skills [21]. Whichever the
case, it is evident that diagnosis of different groups of symptoms in
schizophrenia is significant regarding the chances of these patients to
integrate in and adjust to society.