Communication disturbances in relatives beyond the age of risk for schizophrenia and their associations with symptoms in patients

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 851-862

  Docherty, Nancy M ^a   Gordinier, Scott W ^b   Hall, Michael J ^b   Cutting, Linda P ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Communication; Language; Schizophrenia; Thought disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPEECH DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0033377799     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.schbul.a033424     Document Type: Article

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