Direct assessment of functional status in older patients with schizophrenia

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 154, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1022-1024

  Klapow, Joshua C ^b   Evans, Jovier ^b   Patterson, Thomas L ^b   Heaton, Robert K ^b   Koch, William L ^b   Jeste, Dilip V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; EATING; FINANCE; GROOMING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TIME PERCEPTION; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

EID: 0030956104     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.154.7.1022     Document Type: Article

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