Durability of cognitive remediation training in schizophrenia: Performance on two memory tasks at 6-month and 12-month follow-up

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-7

  Fiszdon, Joanna M ^a,b   Bryson, Gary J ^a,b   Wexler, Bruce E ^a   Bell, Morris D ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cognitive rehabilitation; Digit span; Serial recall; Span of apprehension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1142309481     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2003.10.004     Document Type: Article

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