Lack of association between duration of untreated illness and severity of cognitive and structural brain deficits at the first episode of schizophrenia

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 157, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1824-1828

  Hoff, A L ^a   Sakuma, M ^a   Razi, K ^a   Heydebrand, G ^a   Csernansky, J G ^a   DeLisi, L E ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033766996     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.157.11.1824     Document Type: Article

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