Background Patients with psychiatric disorders often experience cognitive dysfunction, but the precise relationship between cognitive deficits and psychopathology remains unclear. We investigated the relationships between domains of cognitive functioning and psychopathology in a transdiagnostic sample using a data-driven approach. Methods Cross-sectional network analyses were conducted to investigate the relationships between domains of psychopathology and cognitive functioning and detect clusters in the network. This naturalistic transdiagnostic sample consists of 1016 psychiatric patients who have a variety of psychiatric diagnoses, such as depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, and schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders. Psychopathology symptoms were assessed using various questionnaires. Core cognitive domains were assessed with a battery of automated tests. Results Network analysis detected three clusters that we labelled: general psychopathology, substance use, and cognition. Depressive and anxiety symptoms, verbal memory, and visual attention were the most central nodes in the network. Most associations between cognitive functioning and symptoms were negative, i.e. increased symptom severity was associated with worse cognitive functioning. Cannabis use, (subclinical) psychotic experiences, and anhedonia had the strongest total negative relationships with cognitive variables. Conclusions Cognitive functioning and psychopathology are independent but related dimensions, which interact in a transdiagnostic manner. Depression, anxiety, verbal memory, and visual attention are especially relevant in this network and can be considered independent transdiagnostic targets for research and treatment in psychiatry. Moreover, future research on cognitive functioning in psychopathology should take a transdiagnostic approach, focusing on symptom-specific interactions with cognitive domains rather than investigating cognitive functioning within diagnostic categories.
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Univ Groningen, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Rob Giel Res Ctr, POB 30-001, NL-9700 RB Groningen, Netherlands
Univ Groningen, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Interdisciplinary Ctr Psychopathol & Emot Regulat, Groningen, NetherlandsUniv Groningen, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Rob Giel Res Ctr, POB 30-001, NL-9700 RB Groningen, Netherlands
Bos, Fionneke M.
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Snippe, Evelien
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Snippe, Evelien
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de Vos, Stijn
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Univ Groningen, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Interdisciplinary Ctr Psychopathol & Emot Regulat, Groningen, NetherlandsUniv Groningen, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Rob Giel Res Ctr, POB 30-001, NL-9700 RB Groningen, Netherlands
de Vos, Stijn
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Hartmann, Jessica A.
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Maastricht Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Psychiat & Psychol, Maastricht, Netherlands
Univ Melbourne, Natl Ctr Excellence Youth Mental Hlth, Orygen, Melbourne, Vic, AustraliaUniv Groningen, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Rob Giel Res Ctr, POB 30-001, NL-9700 RB Groningen, Netherlands
Hartmann, Jessica A.
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Simons, Claudia J. P.
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Maastricht Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Psychiat & Psychol, Maastricht, Netherlands
Inst Mental Hlth Care Eindhoven & De Kempen, GGzE, Eindhoven, NetherlandsUniv Groningen, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Rob Giel Res Ctr, POB 30-001, NL-9700 RB Groningen, Netherlands
Simons, Claudia J. P.
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van der Krieke, Lian
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de Jonge, Peter
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Wichers, Marieke
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Westmead Inst Med Res, Brain Dynam Ctr, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Univ Sydney, Sydney Med Sch, Discipline Psychiat, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Brain Resource Co, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaWestmead Inst Med Res, Brain Dynam Ctr, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Braund, Taylor A.
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Tillman, Gabriel
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Harris, Anthony W. F.
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Westmead Inst Med Res, Brain Dynam Ctr, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Univ Groningen, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Rob Giel Res Ctr, POB 30-001, NL-9700 RB Groningen, Netherlands
Univ Groningen, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Interdisciplinary Ctr Psychopathol & Emot Regulat, Groningen, NetherlandsUniv Groningen, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Rob Giel Res Ctr, POB 30-001, NL-9700 RB Groningen, Netherlands
Bos, Fionneke M.
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Snippe, Evelien
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Snippe, Evelien
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de Vos, Stijn
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de Vos, Stijn
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Hartmann, Jessica A.
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Maastricht Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Psychiat & Psychol, Maastricht, Netherlands
Univ Melbourne, Natl Ctr Excellence Youth Mental Hlth, Orygen, Melbourne, Vic, AustraliaUniv Groningen, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Rob Giel Res Ctr, POB 30-001, NL-9700 RB Groningen, Netherlands
Hartmann, Jessica A.
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Simons, Claudia J. P.
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Maastricht Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Psychiat & Psychol, Maastricht, Netherlands
Inst Mental Hlth Care Eindhoven & De Kempen, GGzE, Eindhoven, NetherlandsUniv Groningen, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Rob Giel Res Ctr, POB 30-001, NL-9700 RB Groningen, Netherlands
Simons, Claudia J. P.
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van der Krieke, Lian
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de Jonge, Peter
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Wichers, Marieke
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Westmead Inst Med Res, Brain Dynam Ctr, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Univ Sydney, Sydney Med Sch, Discipline Psychiat, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Brain Resource Co, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaWestmead Inst Med Res, Brain Dynam Ctr, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Braund, Taylor A.
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Tillman, Gabriel
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Australian Coll Appl Psychol, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaWestmead Inst Med Res, Brain Dynam Ctr, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Tillman, Gabriel
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Palmer, Donna M.
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Westmead Inst Med Res, Brain Dynam Ctr, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Brain Resource Co, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaWestmead Inst Med Res, Brain Dynam Ctr, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Palmer, Donna M.
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Harris, Anthony W. F.
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Westmead Inst Med Res, Brain Dynam Ctr, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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