Early visual information processing and the Defence Mechanism Test in schizophrenia

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 460-465

  Bogren, L Y ^a,b   Bogren, I B H ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Backward masking; Defence mechanism; Information processing; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; RISPERIDONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TACHISTOSCOPY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL MASKING; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

EID: 0033050825     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1999.tb00993.x     Document Type: Article

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