Reliability of the Life Chart Schedule for assessment of the long-term course of schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-77

  Susser, Ezra ^a,b   Finnerty, Molly ^a   Mojtabai, Ramin ^a   Yale, Scott ^a   Conover, Sarah ^b   Goetz, Ray ^a,b   Amador, Xavier ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Life chart; Long term course; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034001323     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(99)00088-2     Document Type: Article

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