Applications of errorless learning for improving work performance in persons with schizophrenia

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 159, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1921-1926

  Kern, Robert S ^a   Liberman, Robert P ^a   Kopelowicz, Alex ^a   Mintz, Jim ^a   Green, Michael F ^a  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; ERROR; ERRORLESS LEARNING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 0036842509     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.159.11.1921     Document Type: Article

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