A multimethod approach to assessing perseverations in schizophrenia patients

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 69-77

  Perry, William ^a   Braff, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional impairment; Perseverations; Schizophrenia; WCST

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSEVERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RORSCHACH TEST; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0032494236     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(98)00061-9     Document Type: Article

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