Correlates of change in functional status of institutionalized geriatric schizophrenic patients: Focus on medical comorbidity

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 159, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1388-1394

  Friedman, Joseph I ^a   Harvey, Philip D ^a   McGurk, Susan R ^a   White, Leonard ^a   Parrella, Michael ^a   Raykov, Tenko ^a   Coleman, Thomas ^a   Adler, David N ^a   Davis, Kenneth L ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CARE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CARE;

EID: 0036335125     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.159.8.1388     Document Type: Article

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