Electrodermal activity as a prodromal sign in schizophrenia

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 111-113

  Hazlett, Holly ^a   Dawson, Michael E ^a   Schell, Anne M ^b   Nuechterlein, Keith H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

autonomic nervous system; electrodermal activity; prodromal signs; relapse; schizophrenia; skin conductance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; AROUSAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RECURRENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0031015105     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(96)00351-4     Document Type: Article

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