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PRE-MORBID IQ [1 record]

Record 1 2019-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Cognitive Psychology
CONT

Premorbid intelligence is an estimate of a person's intellectual functioning prior to known or suspected onset of brain disease or dysfunction.

OBS

More generally, this term is used to describe a process in neuropsychological evaluations in which individuals' level of neuropsychological functioning that existed prior to the onset of known or suspected dysfunction is determined.

OBS

IQ: intelligence quotient.

Key term(s)
  • pre-morbid intelligence
  • estimated pre-morbid intelligence
  • pre-morbid IQ

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique
  • Psychologie cognitive
CONT

On peut considérer qu'un QI prémorbide de faible niveau est un facteur prédisposant pour le développement de la schizophrénie et d'autres psychoses, et aussi qu'il serait prédictif du résultat à long terme.

OBS

QI : quotient intellectuel.

Key term(s)
  • intelligence pré-morbide
  • estimation de l'intelligence pré-morbide
  • QI pré-morbide

Spanish

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