Evaluation of mini mental state examination and brief psychiatric rating scale on aged schizophrenic patients

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 567-570

  Seno, Haruo ^a   Shibata, Masahiro ^b   Fujimoto, Akihiko ^a   Koga, Kaoru ^b   Kanno, Hiroshi ^b   Ishino, Hiroshi ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aged schizophrenic patients; BPRS; MMSE

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENILE DEMENTIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0032446305     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.1998.00453.x     Document Type: Article

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