Despite advances in treatment, patients with schizophrenia have faced obstacles in obtaining an education, with the largest gap occurring in high-income countries, according to a study published in Lancet Psychiatry.
“Mental health problems, particularly those that present early in life, are associated with disruption in schooling,” Nicolas A. Crossley, PhD, of the department of psychiatry at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, and colleagues wrote. “Among them, schizophrenia has some of the poorest educational outcomes.”
Crossley and fellow researchers sought