Academic deterioration prior to first episode schizophrenia in young Singaporean males

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 303-307

  Ang, Yong Guan ^a   Tan, Hao Yang ^b  

^a Singapore Army   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cognition; Education; Prodrome; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0347481463     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(03)00257-9     Document Type: Article

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