Does affective blunting in schizophrenia reflect affective deficit or neuromotor dysfunction?

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 301-306

  Dworkin, Robert H ^a,c   Clark, Scott C ^a,b   Amador, Xavier F ^a,b   Gorman, Jack M ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Anhedonia; Neuromotor dysfunction (schizophrenia)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0030570529     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0920-9964(96)00011-4     Document Type: Article

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