Negative symptoms and social cognition as mediators of the relationship between neurocognition and functional outcome in schizophrenia.

"Conflict of interest GG has been a consultant for Angelini. AM has been a consultant and/or advisor to or has received honoraria from Angelini, Gedeon. Richter Bulgaria, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Lundbeck, Otsuka Pharmaceutical, Pfizer, Pierre Fabre, Rovi. Pharma and Boehringer Ingelheim. AE received consulting fees and/or honoraria for speeches within the last 3 years from Angelini, AOP Orphan, Germania, Janssen, Krka, Lundbeck, Mylan, Neuraxpharm, Recordati, and Sandoz. BG has been the leader of a Lundbeck Foundation Centre of Excellence for Clinical Intervention and Neuropsychiatric Schizophrenia Research CINS January 2009 – December 2021, which was partially financed by an independent grant from the Lundbeck Foundation based on international review and partially financed by the Mental Health Services in the Capital Region of Denmark, the University of Copenhagen, and other foundations. All grants are the property of the Mental Health Services in the Capital Region of Denmark and administrated by them. She has no other conflicts to disclose. AH has been a consultant for Recordati and Boehringer Ingelheim and Newron Pharmaceuticals and participated in educational conferences for Janssen and Lundbeck. JH received consulting fees and/or honoraria for speeches within the last 3 years from Angelini, Lundbeck, Janssen and Servier. SG has been a consultant and/or advisor to or has received honoraria from Angelini, Boehringer Ingelheim, Gedeon Richter-Recordati, Innova Pharma-Recordati Group, Janssen, Lundbeck, Otsuka, Recordati Pharmaceuticals, Rovi Pharma and Sunovion Pharmaceuticals. GS is president of the Austrian Society of Neuropsychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, which is partially financed by the support from pharmaceutical companies. GS received consulting fees and/or honoraria for speeches within the last 3 years from Janssen, Lundbeck, Mylan, Recordati, and Schwabe. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. The reviewer CM declared a past co-authorship with the authors AM and SG to the handling editor. The author(s) declared that they were an editorial board member of Frontiers, at the time of submission. This had no impact on the peer review process and the final decision."

"The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. The European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) supported the network standalone meetings during which the protocol was designed and results discussed by the involved researchers."