Cognitive impairment in geriatric chronic schizophrenic patients: A cross-national study in New York and London

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1001-1007

  Harvey, Philip D ^a   Leff, Julian ^b   Trieman, Noam ^b   Anderson, Jeremy ^c   Davidson, Michael ^d  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; LONDON; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEW YORK; PATIENT ADMISSION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030663757     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199710)12:10<1001::AID-GPS674>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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