To stimulate the development of new drugs for the cognitive deficits of schizophrenia, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) establisbed the Measurement and Treatment Research to Improve Cognition in Schizophrenia (MATRICS) initiative. This…
Objective: The lack of an accepted standard for measuring cognitive change in schizophrenia has been a major obstacle to regulatory approval of cognition-enhancing treatments. A primary mandate of the National institute of Mental Health's Measurement…