Differential preservation of cognitive functions in geriatric patients with lifelong chronic schizophrenia: Less impairment in reading compared with other skill areas

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 962-968

  Harvey, Philip D ^a   Moriarty, Patrick J ^a   Friedman, Joseph I ^a   White, Leonard ^a   Parrella, Michael ^a   Mohs, Richard C ^a   Davis, Kenneth L ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive functioning; Differential deficit; Functional outcome; Geriatric; Premorbid functioning; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; READING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS;

EID: 0034213813     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(00)00245-6     Document Type: Article

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