The awareness, characterization, and burden of Cognitive Impairment Associated with Schizophrenia (CIAS) in clinical practice: Results from a nationwide survey in Italy

The clinical characteristics of the patient, structural barriers like the lack of trained personnel or inadequate economic resources, and organizational problems influence the assessment rate. Despite this awareness, greater effort must be made to overcome the barriers, especially economic and organizational ones, which prevent the assessment and treatment of CIAS from becoming established in routine clinical care.