Symptoms, cognitive functioning, and adaptive skills in geriatric patients with lifelong schizophrenia: A comparison across treatment sites

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 155, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1080-1086

  Harvey, Philip D ^a   Howanitz, Evelyn ^b   Parrella, Michael ^b   White, Leonard ^b   Davidson, Michael ^b   Mohs, Richard C ^b   Hoblyn, Jennifer ^b   Davis, Kenneth L ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0031819008     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.155.8.1080     Document Type: Article

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