Borderline or Schizophrenia? Cognitive Functioning as Differentiating Factor

Decompensations in BPD may appear similar to prodromal schizophrenic symptoms, giving clinicians a chance to use diagnostic tools that differentiate these phenomena basing on neuropsychological data. This study aims to investigate differences in cognitive functioning between inpatients with schizophrenia, in patients with BPD and healthy controls. 95 in patients with schizophrenia, 40 in patients with BPD and 68 healthy controls were examined with neuropsychological tests. The collected data were analyzed with focus on differences in cognitive functioning between groups. (1) Cognitive functioning can distinguish in patients with schizophrenia from inpatients with BPD.