Assessing Quality of Life in Older Persons with Schizophrenia

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 658-666

  Cohen, Carl I ^a   Ramirez, Paul M ^b   Kehn, Michelle ^b   Magai, Carol ^b   Eimicke, Joseph ^c   Brenner, Ronald ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Community Research Applications ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0242575238     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-200311000-00010     Document Type: Article

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