Remediation of problem-solving skills in schizophrenia: Evidence of a persistent effect

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 57, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 165-171

  Medalia, Alice ^a,c   Revheim, Nadine ^b   Casey, Matthew ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research   (United States)

^c MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Problem solving skills; Remediation; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK; PROBLEM SOLVING; REMEDIAL TEACHING; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0036774653     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(01)00293-6     Document Type: Article

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