Schizophrenia and the myth of intellectual decline

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 635-639

  Russell, Ailsa J ^a   Munro, Janet C ^b   Jones, Peter B ^b   Hemsley, David R ^b   Murray, Robin M ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0030903917     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.154.5.635     Document Type: Article

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