Cognitive and functional impairments in elderly patients with schizophrenia: A review of the recent literature

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 59-68

  Harvey, P D ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; BRAIN DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DETERIORATION; DISEASE COURSE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0035085564     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10673220127879     Document Type: Review

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