Interrater reliability levels of multiple clinical examiners in the evaluation of a schizophrenic patient: Quality of life, level of functioning, and neuropsychological symptomatology

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 157-170

  Cicchetti, Domenic V ^a,c   Rosenheck, Robert ^a,b   Showalter, Donald ^b   Charney, Dennis ^a,b   Cramer, Joyce ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Northeast Program Evaluation Center   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE;

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CLOZAPINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0032799319     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/clin.13.2.157.1965     Document Type: Article

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