Work Rehabilitation in Schizophrenia: Does Cognitive Impairment Limit Improvement?

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 269-279

  Bell, Morris D ^a,b   Bryson, Gary ^b  

^a VACHS   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Rehabilitation; Schizophrenia; Work therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VETERAN; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; VETERANS;

EID: 0035235351     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.schbul.a006873     Document Type: Article

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