Effectiveness of attention training in schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 147-152

  Medalia, Alice ^a,b   Aluma, Manuel ^b   Tryon, Warren ^c   Merriam, Arnold E ^b  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Remediation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0031932015     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.schbul.a033306     Document Type: Article

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