Psychopathological syndromes of schizophrenia: Evaluation of the dimensional structure of the positive and negative syndrome scale

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 167-177

  Mass, Reinhard ^a   Schoemig, Thomas ^b   Hitschfeld, Klaus ^b   Wall, Eleonora ^b   Haasen, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Nord   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Factor analysis; Neuropsychology; PANSS; Psychopathology; Self rating

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF EVALUATION; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

EID: 0034126143     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.schbul.a033437     Document Type: Article

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